Quote of the week:
'Do Green Products Make Us Better People' is published in the latest edition of the journal Psychological Science. Its authors, Canadian psychologists Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong, argue that people who wear what they call the "halo of green consumerism" are less likely to be kind to others, and more likely to cheat and steal. "Virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviours," they write.
For more, see the Guardian's article, "How going green may make you mean". (Of course, perhaps being mean makes you go green.)
[H/T to James Taranto.]
2 comments:
Oh, like how Christians commit more crimes? Good to know I should be doubly careful of the Prius with a Jesus fish on it. That person probably has bodies in the trunk.
Ginx, I infer that one may state your argument thusly:
The study indicates that people who are moral in certain areas, feel that they are allowed to behave immorally in other areas.
Yet, Christians, who are moral, do not behave in such a manner.
Therefore, the study is B.S.
It's actually a bad argument, though cute snark. For one, I don't recall the study looking at religious affiliation of the participants, only their so-called "green" behaviors versus other behaviors.
The interesting study would be whether "green" Christians act differently or whether they are equally represented in the "immoral" majority.
Cheers.
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