Moral Hypocrisy
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Hypocrites are often thought to lack the standing to blame others for faults similar to their own. Although this claim is widely accepted, it is seldom argued for. We offer an argument for the claim that nonhypocrisy is a necessary... more
We live in a society that lays much importance to appearances which necessitate hypocritical behavior to some extent as a strategy of everyday living. However, the practice of hypocrisy becomes worrying when those expected to give a... more
This essay examines the phenomenon of hypocrisy from a media ecological vantage. It walks through examples and cases of hypocrisy witnessed in the United States today, and then argues that dominant media forms have shaped and are... more
A distinction is made between acting hypocritically and the character trait of being a hypocrite. The former is understood as resulting from the employment of a double standard in order to obtain a wrongful advantage, while a particular... more
It is a shame and funny how some Filipinos try to deny their identity to the point of almost of insanity...
Almost all readings of E.M. Forster’s Howards End note the famous epigraph – “Only connect…” – but it is not at all obvious how we are supposed to understand it. Connect what, exactly? Here, I propose a new interpretation: that to connect... more
Inconfessata per definizione, l’ipocrisia è una delle categorie polemiche più usate e abusate, ancora oggi, per denunciare il “cinismo mascherato” di certi attori sociali, soprattutto quando rivestono cariche pubbliche. Ma l’ipocrisia è... more
Hypocrites invite moral opprobrium, and charges of hypocrisy are a significant and widespread feature of our moral lives. Yet it remains unclear what hypocrites have in common, or what is distinctively bad about them. We propose that... more
It is a familiar feature of our ethical discourse that the strength of a moral argument often depends on more than its content. Presented interpersonally, its justificatory force may also depend on the identity of the speaker. An argument... more
This essay argues that Emily Dickinson's poem "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" (The 1859 edition that she published during her lifetime) is a poem exposing the hypocrisy of Dickinson's family's church by comparing them to the New... more
Resumo: Discute-se neste artigo o tema da probidade ou honestidade intelectual [intellektuelle Redlichkeit] em Nietzsche, contra o horizonte-reaberto na contemporaneidade por M. Détienne e J.-P. Vernant-das práticas de engano e formas de... more
A ritual exists whenever a high ranking US or European official meets an official from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), they bring up the issue human rights. The response from the PRC official is ritualistic as well: ‘Yes, of course,... more
In drama, moral judgment is not uttered through words alone; it can also be expressed through non-verbal and seemingly subsidiary things such as props, costumes and stage action. 1 This paper will attempt to clarify how Gnapheus used his... more
This essay suggests that Machiavelli’s claim that the moral vice of hypocrisy is inescapable in politics constitutes a real issue for democratic politics today. Indeed, it concludes that democratic societies are implicated in creating the... more
Communication pour le colloque « Figurations littéraires du mensonge », dir. Fabrice Wilhelm, Université de Franche-Comté, Centre Jacques-Petit, 3-4 décembre 2014. Cette étude se propose d’interpréter un personnage de L’École des femmes... more
This paper offers a first step in a theory of religious hypocrisy. Religious hypocrisy is shown to be a rational strategy at the individual level through which the individual maximizes his/her religious gain by accessing religious rewards... more
This is a commentary on a paper by the social psychologist C. Daniel Batson. I too think virtue is rare, but not so rare as Batson seems to think, despite his ingenious experiments on "moral hypocrisy."
In 2011 and 2012 Jane Taylor and David Nirenberg (Medievalist, U of Chicago) exchanged a series of letters in which they jointly considered a range of questions: suebjectivity, the Object, letters, art history, puppetry, the voice and the... more
While in his personal disposition, a liberal is ‘open-minded, not prejudiced’ (his heart), his ideological underpinnings are ‘favouring individual liberty, free trade and moderate political and social reform’ (his mind). On the other... more
According to some, contemporary social psychology is aptly described as a study in moral hypocrisy. In this paper we argue that this is unfortunate when understood as establishing that we only care about appearing to act morally, not... more
man has the habit of blaming others, but forget to look at himself in the mirror for taints of dirt on his face...
‘It is necessary to a Prince to learn how not to be good’. This quotation from Machiavelli’s The Prince has become the mantra of the standard dirty hands (DH) thesis. Despite its infamy, it features proudly in most conventional... more
According to some, contemporary social psychology is aptly described as a study in moral hypocrisy. In this paper we argue that this is unfortunate when understood as establishing that we only care about appearing to act morally, not... more
Ipocrisia. Simulazione e dissimulazione nella sfera pubblica (XI, n. 2, 2020) A cura di Leonard Mazzone A differenza dei classici lemmi che hanno attirato l'attenzione dei critici sociali dall'antica Grecia ai giorni nostri-dall'errore... more
Experimental research in behavioral economics has revealed a high degree of prosocial tendencies in human interactions. These results have been interpreted as suggesting a necessary shift from a model of selfish preferences toward social... more