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Catwoman · 06-16-2004, 09:22 AM

If you're going to quote, quote properly:

"Why do good people do bad things?

This is not a pithy question. I'm looking for some thoughtful answers here. Why do we have moral lapses, where people who generally try to do good things occasionally do things that are bad?

And before we get too relativistic, I'm staying within that person's moral framework - they do things that they themselves acknowledge as bad."

I got the impression that sm wasn't looking for a 2-bit amateur psychology answer that summarised basic human rule-breaking patterns (attention, guilt, trauma... oh come on).

The notion that a 'generally good' person might not exist surely sheds some light on the answer?

06-16-2004, 09:22 AM	#14
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	If you're going to quote, quote properly: "Why do good people do bad things? This is not a pithy question. I'm looking for some thoughtful answers here. Why do we have moral lapses, where people who generally try to do good things occasionally do things that are bad? And before we get too relativistic, I'm staying within that person's moral framework - they do things that they themselves acknowledge as bad." I got the impression that sm wasn't looking for a 2-bit amateur psychology answer that summarised basic human rule-breaking patterns (attention, guilt, trauma... oh come on). The notion that a 'generally good' person might not exist surely sheds some light on the answer? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.