We Often Move The Needle Too - Deepstash

We Often Move The Needle Too

We may say adultery is wrong, but if it's a friend who we know well, who had a troubled marriage, maybe we're more forgiving. We say stealing is wrong, but we might be more understanding of our favorite politician when they're caught lining their pockets. We do this all the time.

The point is that there are lots of different contextual influences that contributes to people's moral judgments.

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