To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Some Random Thoughts, Largely Unrelated, Based on Previous Discussions and Readings
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:38:05 -0400
> Last week, the NYT had a story on self-esteem and criminal behavior. It
> appears psychologists are finally getting good evidence for selfishness
> motivating bad behavior and self-esteem being pretty much useless as an
> analytic category. Maybe this insight will eventually trickle down to the
> nation's financial regulators and lawmakers. ("It's OK that the numbers
> didn't add up for the 3rd quarter - but do you FEEL good about them?")
Dear Wade,
Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better and hope the upswing continues.
I've missed your lively commentaries.
So -- "good" evidence about "bad" behavior, eh? That's what I love about
political science -- first we gather the evidence -- then we hang em.