That's quite a theory.
The standard one. I was stating the obvious, not being controversial.
Do you think you are made more useful to yourself and others by reviling your feelings and being hypocritical about your values?
I never said I did so. (And where did this 'useful to others' thing come in? That's certainly not something I'd try to argue for. The primary point of the hypocrisy is to reduce the amount that you actually spend helping others, for a given level of professed ideals.)
The primary point of the hypocrisy is to reduce the amount that you actually spend helping others, for a given level of professed ideals.
Sorry, I wasn't getting what you were saying.
People are hypocritical to send the signal that they are more altruistic than they are? I suppose some do. Do you really think most people are consciously hypocritical on this score?
I've wondered as much about a lot of peculiar social behavior, particularly the profession of certain beliefs - are most people consciously lying, and I just don't get the joke? Are the various...
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