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Why do people always counterbalance their good deeds with something bad. Example would be doing someone a favour then calling them needy, giving someone broken items, moldy food or pennies you need to get rid of, promising things for free but later put someone in debt. Is there a psychological explanation for this? Is this the root of human selfish functioning so they are trying to maintain inner balance by doing this?
Hi @fearlessLake3608 Where does your premise come from? I’m not convinced of this “counterbalance.”
@PineTreeTree i dont need to convince anyone of anything. Use your own brain. I got to this conclusion from my own observance. I do not need to cite someone else or a book.
@fearlessLake3608 Got it. You want to propose a hypothesis that “must be answered” but nothing that bears any scrutiny. I wouldn’t know how to even answer your question. It just brings up other questions. Like you used the word “counterbalance”. So how do we “weigh” these sins and good acts? Is a convicted murderer supposed to have counter balanced his bad act with some equal but opposite act of goodness? If I give to the poor, but j-walk are those morally equal acts that could counterbalance? How would you go about setting up an experiment to measure such things? Even as a thought experiment it just doesn’t have much to ponder. I suspect you haven’t had much training in social sciences. Not that is necessary to ask a question, but it helps to ask questions that might have answers. Feel free to live in your head, but if you let your thoughts out into the world, sometimes you’ll get challenged.
If someone does this then I would say it wasn't a good deed to start with. It may be the ego pretending to do good but actually it just wants acknowledgement or praise.
@fearlessLake3608 i understand
I recently watched mindfield on YouTube and they ran an experiment on a similar premise. It was like the good deed gave people an out in helping others.
@anonyTortoise3336 oh interesting! can you tell me the exact title of this video so i can see it?
Moral licensing, it’s in season 3 of mind field on YouTube
