> I am not sure you get to claim any points for acknowledging your own moral failing. I get where you're coming from philosophically, but have a couple major

> I am not sure you get to claim any points for acknowledging your own moral failing. I get where you're coming from philosophically, but have a couple major points of disagreement. 1) I don't consider willful ignorance and dishonesty to be preferable to honesty 2) I'm speaking specifically of people whose actions contradict their own stated moral preferences. An ethical system that's brittle enough to fall apart with a couple pointed questions barely meets the definition of an ethical system. 3) Consequentially speaking, lying to protect your own self-image has consequences beyond your own life. We're social animals and bullshit causes collateral damage.