A Beginner’s Guide to Avoiding Hypocrisy

The scales of justice. Photo by JJ Jordan on Unsplash

People have a great deal of trouble recognizing hypocrisy. The working definition seems to be, “something done by a person I don’t like.” That’s emotionally satisfying for those who yearn for outrage but, after one reaches a certain level of intellectual sophistication, it feels a little contrived. They deserve a better definition.