> "There's a line of research showing that when people can pat > themselves on the back for their moral behavior, they can become > self-righteous," says author Kendall Eskine, assistant professor > of the department of psychological sciences at Loyola University > in New Orleans.
That about sums it up, really. The same can be said of a lot of things such as (many, but not all) people who drive a Prius, or make a point of telling everyone how frequently they attend mass/church/youth group/temple/meetup/AA/other higher cause that motivates them, become vegetarian or vegan, etc. There are also many people that do these things and aren't jerks about it. The research is interesting, but I'm not sure how applicable it is to anything for use as a metric. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351337 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
