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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Intentionally doing something you knowingly believe is wrong is pretty close to insantiy. At best, it murders one's own conscience.
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People do it every day.
Maybe a better way to put it would be "Intentionally doing something you knowlingly believe to be wrong
and you can't rationalise away is pretty close to insantiy."
Most people have no problem doing something they know is wrong if they attach no importance to the wrongness or rightness of what they are doing. Take speeding for example. Most people have no problem going 5 or 10 km/h over the speed limit because they don't think this amount is of any importance. They will quite easily rationalise it by claiming they are competant enough drivers to do so or they are in a hurry or in some other way. Of course they will quite happily complain if they are given a speeding ticket.