Apparently, we are all moral hypocrites. Recent research indicates that most of us use our emotions to guide our morals and devote considerable time to justifying our morality to fit our emotional state.
No surprising about this work: Conservatives spend a lot of time thinking about sex while liberals think mostly about food.
One look at the Moral Majority could have told you that.
As for me: I still think it possible for people to behave with cool rationality, but only if they exercise extreme effort and realize that emotions are to be compartmentalized instead of followed as the ultimate guide to truth.
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