Fair enough; I’d accept this as an argument for shaming irrationality less. I’d be interested in more evidence about how strong the effect is, though.
ETA: the more we shame theft, the more people in moral grey areas will be motivated to believe that what they’re doing isn’t theft, but we don’t accept that as a sufficient argument for saying “it’s okay to steal at least a little”. Maybe irrationality is different but maybe not.
One thing that makes irrationality at least a bit different: it’s not quite subject to direct personal choice in the same way as theft, or even direct knowledge, but it can be ameliorated over time if you’re motivated to pursue suspicions.
Fair enough; I’d accept this as an argument for shaming irrationality less. I’d be interested in more evidence about how strong the effect is, though.
ETA: the more we shame theft, the more people in moral grey areas will be motivated to believe that what they’re doing isn’t theft, but we don’t accept that as a sufficient argument for saying “it’s okay to steal at least a little”. Maybe irrationality is different but maybe not.
One thing that makes irrationality at least a bit different: it’s not quite subject to direct personal choice in the same way as theft, or even direct knowledge, but it can be ameliorated over time if you’re motivated to pursue suspicions.