INCENTIVE BLINDNESS

INCENTIVE BLINDNESS

Most unethical behaviour is never hidden

It’s always seen and ignored

People don’t look away because they are immoral

They look away because noticing is costly

Seeing the truth can threaten status, belonging, progress

So the mind protects itself

Unethical becomes normal

Wrong becomes necessary

And silence becomes reasonable

This isn’t just weakness

It’s motivated reasoning

Sifting out truths too costly to face

ESSENCE

PERSPECTIVE

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Chris Cook

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