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How Social Pressure Affects Private Moral Decisions

I voted for someone I do not really support because my spouse was standing right there when I filled out my ballot at the kitchen table.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Even intimate relationships can compromise our ability to act according to our authentic convictions.

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