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Why Small Moral Compromises Feel Impossible to Stop

I have been stealing small things from work for months, nothing expensive, just supplies and snacks, and I cannot seem to stop even though I know it is wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Habitual transgression creates psychological momentum that overrides conscious moral reasoning.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Moral psychology — how we make ethical decisions?”

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