Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Only When You Lose

Ever noticed (apparently, many don't)...that, in games of many kinds, cheating seems to be only claimed if you lose?  

...otherwise, from the winner's perspective, everything was good — fair-and-square.

OK, we're not really talking about the game of Monopoly, right (although, the Get Out of Jail free card metaphor holds, too)?


So, how did we get here?  Here's one perspective:

When Religion Loses Its Moral Power, People Default to Their Self-Interest, or Worse:  Engaging John Compton’s "The End of Empathy."