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Unethical amnesia is the tendency to forget the dishonest actions we commit, or to remember them in a blurred or very limited way. While we remember the immoral actions of others with precision, we tend to remember our own similar actions less easily. This phenomenon is thought to help maintain self-esteem and limit bad conscience or fear of punishment. The phenomenon has been studied by Harvard University in the US, and by the CNRS in France.
References
- "Scientists say there's such a thing as "ethical amnesia" and it's probably happened to you". Quartz. 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- "Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior | Working Knowledge". Harvard Business School. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Baer, Drake (2016-05-19). "'Unethical Amnesia' Explains Why People Conveniently Forget Their Awful Behavior". The Cut. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
Further reading
- Kouchaki, Maryam; Gino, Francesca (2016). "Memories of unethical actions become obfuscated over time". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (22): 6166–6171. Bibcode:2016PNAS..113.6166K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1523586113. PMC 4896721. PMID 27185941.
- Galeotti, Fabio; Saucet, Charlotte; Villeval, Marie Claire (2020). "Unethical amnesia responds more to instrumental than to hedonic motives". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (41): 25423–25428. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11725423G. doi:10.1073/pnas.2011291117. PMC 7568269. PMID 32989133.
- Xu, Xinyi Julia; Mobbs, Dean; Wu, Haiyan (2024). "Unethical amnesia brain: Memory and metacognitive distortion induced by dishonesty". bioRxiv 10.1101/2024.03.03.583239.
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