Being Better Than Someone Worse Doesn’t Make You Good
We can always find someone who behaves worse than we do. That doesn’t make our own conduct moral.
People often judge their own actions by comparing themselves to others who behave worse. This method of self-evaluation is flawed because someone else’s bad behavior does not validate one’s own morality. True moral judgment requires an objective standard, not a relative comparison to those who have committed terrible acts.
- People frequently evaluate their own conduct by comparing themselves to others.
- Using someone who behaves worse as a moral benchmark is not a meaningful standard.
- Avoiding notorious crimes is good, but it doesn’t define personal morality.
- Someone else’s terrible actions provide no information about whether one is acting justly, honestly, or compassionately.
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