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Too cynical, and perhaps dangerously so, yet plausible. Everyone is subject to temptation and self-justification. Anyone given too large a pass for "integrity
by chernevik 13y ago
Too cynical, and perhaps dangerously so, yet plausible.
Everyone is subject to temptation and self-justification. Anyone given too large a pass for "integrity" will start to veer to self-aggrandizement of some sort. That doesn't make people inherently bad, it does mean we all benefit from perspective and inspection.
To me the take-away is that an assertion of incorruptibility is a leading indicator of trouble. Anything you aren't allowed to question or discuss is a breeding ground for trouble.
- groby_b 13y agoI'd be cynical if I assumed integrity didn't exist. Some people seem to have it, and many more strive for it. But I'd be hopelessly naive if I ever assumed it to exist, or if I assumed public displays of "integrity" were connected to an internal state. These latter assumptions might be true, but the cost of them being not true is too high, and the occurrence of "not true" is too frequent. Or, shorter, "Trust, but verify" :)