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Hypocrisy is not inherently bad. Hypocrisy is the acknowledgement of the importance or relevance of a value without the discipline or will to act according to
by reeses 13y ago
Hypocrisy is not inherently bad. Hypocrisy is the acknowledgement of the importance or relevance of a value without the discipline or will to act according to that value. That does not invalidate the value.
- coldtea 13y agoHypocrisy can be good if the result is a better world. I.e a hypocritical politician tells people to reduce their carbon footprint, while he wastes as much energy as one man can. If people follow him, then the net result of the hypocrisy is good. But this is not such a case IMHO. This is a case of using hypocrisy to achieve a personal goal. It might make the team feel better, but it's not because he/she genuinely likes the team, but because he merely wants the team to feel better for business purposes. That's a kind of "leaky hypocrisy" (akin to "leaky abstractions"). If he/she doesn't genuinely care for the team, it will show in any occasion it can, i.e when under stress, when firing people, at chances of promotion etc.