From: NPR
Social Science Researchers Explore ‘Unethical Amnesia’
NPR:
There’s an old saying – one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Turns out, that’s not insane. It’s kind of normal. Many of us make the same mistake twice or many times, and for some people, it is an unethical act. NPR’s social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam is here to talk about some research into this. Hi, Shankar.
SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.
INSKEEP: So why don’t we learn from past mistakes?
VEDANTAM: Well, I read an interesting study by Maryam Kouchaki at Northwestern, Steve, that offers some insight into this behavior. Her theory is that people often forget about bad things they have done, and this limits their ability to learn from their past actions. Kouchaki and her co-author Francesca Gino at Harvard have a wonderful term to describe this. They call it unethical amnesia.
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