Hello, I’m looking for an article. Usually it is me helping others get resources, but in this case - I have been unable to find it myself, so any help is appreciated. Comments such as “go look at lew rockwell.com archives” will not be. lol
Rightio - an explanation of the article [what I remember]!
It was about Lord Acton’s phrase, absolute power corrupts absolutely. It was on Lew Rockwell, or Mises Blog… but it linked to the full article which was over at the Guardian or some British paper.
It was news based on recent research done into the descisions people make or hold themselves too, in reference to power and principle. My memory is vague around this. Generally there were thought to be 3 types or something, (1) those who hold others to higher standards than themselves, (2) those who hold themselves at the same standards as others.. and expect the same. (3) Those who expect higher standards from others, but not themselves..
Or maybe it was more, or I’ve repeated myself. Anyway, they had ‘found’ that there was another one, those who hold themselves to higher standards than others, but are more accepting of others short comings as well.
Anyone got any idea what I’m talking about? Article isn’t new. It’d be fairly old, within the last few years.
^ Arghhh, that’s also very close. But I don’t think it’s it.
However, an intriguing characteristic emerged among participants in high-power states who felt they did not deserve their elevated positions. These people showed a similar tendency to that found in low-power individuals—to be harsh on themselves and less harsh on others—but the effect was considerably more dramatic. They felt that others warranted a lenient 6.0 on the morality scale when stealing a bike but assigned a highly immoral 3.9 if they took it themselves. Dr Lammers and Dr Galinsky call this reversal “hypercrisy”.
This is the concept I was trying to explain. That term, hypercrisy is good.. I remember it being mentioned in the article. Will keep looking.
I’m wondering if you got the sites wrong and saw it somewhere else. Couldn’t find anything in those two sites, but did find a number of stories along the lines you’re looking for. They may help jog some memory, or provide more info…