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Revision as of 19:16, 6 January 2025 by Cherry (talk | contribs) (an apple is a fruit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Unethical amnesia is the tendency to forget the dishonest actions we commit, or to remember them in a blurred or very limited way. While we remember the immoral actions of others with precision, we tend to remember our own similar actions less easily. This phenomenon is thought to help maintain self-esteem and limit bad conscience or fear of punishment. The phenomenon has been studied by Harvard University in the USA, and by the CNRS in France.
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- Memories of unethical actions become obfuscated over time (2016)
- Unethical amnesia responds more to instrumental than to hedonic motives (2020)
- Unethical amnesia brain: Memory and metacognitive distortion induced by dishonesty (2024)
- "Scientists say there's such a thing as "ethical amnesia" and it's probably happened to you". Quartz. 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- "Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior | Working Knowledge". Harvard Business School. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Baer, Drake (2016-05-19). "'Unethical Amnesia' Explains Why People Conveniently Forget Their Awful Behavior". The Cut. Retrieved 2025-01-06.