Unethical amnesia
Tendency to forget the dishonest actions we committed
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Unethical amnesia is the tendency for humans to forget the dishonest actions they committed, or to remember them in a blurred or very limited way. While people tend to remember the immoral actions of others with precision, they tend to remember their own similar actions less easily.[1] This phenomenon is thought to help maintain self-esteem and limit bad conscience or fear of punishment.[2][3] The phenomenon has been studied by Harvard University in the US, and by the CNRS in France.
