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It might be self-serving, but there's still a social aspect to it. By seeing people react to something with outrage, it tells you that it's alright to protest a
by VeejayRampay 10y ago
It might be self-serving, but there's still a social aspect to it. By seeing people react to something with outrage, it tells you that it's alright to protest and be vocal about things in life when it matters, which is extremely important when faced with injustice.
- vanderZwan 10y ago> there's still a social aspect to it Self-serving is not the antonym of social (emphasis mine): > But new research suggests that professing such third-party concern—what social scientists refer to as "moral outrage"—is often a function of self-interest, wielded to assuage feelings of personal culpability for societal harms or reinforce (to the self and others) one's own status as a Very Good Person.