hypocrisy
Let an agent explain hypocrisy, relay philosophical, psychological and religious perspectives from ethics, psychology and religious studies sources with views attributed, describe the named terms, and distinguish hypocrisy from inconsistency, changing one s mind, weakness of will, lying in general and the tu quoque fallacy, without labelling specific people.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain hypocrisy, relay philosophical, psychological and religious perspectives from ethics, psychology and religious studies sources with views attributed, describe the named terms, and distinguish hypocrisy from inconsistency, changing one s mind, weakness of will, lying in general and the tu quoque fallacy, without labelling specific people.
The practice of claiming or displaying moral standards, beliefs or feelings that one does not actually hold or act upon, from Greek hypokrisis, acting a part on stage, discussed in ethics, psychology and religious traditions, including crocodile tears, a display of insincere sorrow, and in Islamic ethics nifaq, religious hypocrisy of those who outwardly profess faith while concealing disbelief, and riya, performing good deeds to be seen by others, both condemned in the Quran and hadith; social psychologists study moral hypocrisy experimentally, and accusations of hypocrisy are common in political argument, where they can be a fallacy when used to dismiss an argument, known as tu quoque.
What it is for: Understanding a moral attitude.
It can be explain concept and etymology; relay philosophical and psychological research; describe religious terms; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Gap between words and deeds
Pretence
Moral condemnation
Used in argument
What it looks like
Not a physical object; seen in behaviour that contradicts professed values.
Physical character
etymology: Greek hypokrisis, stage acting note
moral hypocrisy experiments: Batson and colleagues, from 1997 note - attributed
Quranic chapter: Al-Munafiqun, the Hypocrites note - Surah 63
How it is recognised
Professing values one does not hold or practise
Crocodile tears, nifaq, riya
Inconsistency may be unintentional; changing one s mind is honest revision; weakness of will fails despite sincere belief; lying is broader; tu quoque dismisses arguments
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is related to -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
moral hypocrisy
religious hypocrisy such as nifaq
ostentation such as riya
insincere emotional displays
political hypocrisy accusations
Standards and regulation
No regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Labelling specific people as hypocrites
Using hypocrisy to dismiss valid arguments
Oversimplifying religious concepts
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.hypocrisy-attribute
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What hypocrisy is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is hypocrisy, and how does it differ from inconsistency, changing one s mind, weakness of will, lying and tu quoque? definition
- Is the question about ethics, religion, psychology or a dispute about a specific person, which the model does not judge? boundary
Terms
Named terms.
Terms
Terms.
- What are crocodile tears, nifaq and riya? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Philosophy Philosophy.
Attribution.
Ethics
Ethics of hypocrisy.
Ethics
Ethics.
- Why do philosophers consider hypocrisy wrong, and is it always a vice, with views attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Fallacy
Tu quoque.
Fallacy
Fallacy.
- Why does an accusation of hypocrisy not refute an argument? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Psychology Psychology.
Science.
Moral hypocrisy
Experiments.
Moral hypocrisy
Moral hypocrisy.
- What have experiments on moral hypocrisy found, with limits noted? provenance
- Which entry fits moral psychology? action
Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance.
Dissonance
Dissonance.
- How does the hypocrisy paradigm use cognitive dissonance to change behaviour? provenance
- Which entry fits cognitive dissonance? action
Context Religion and culture.
Attribution.
Religion
Religious teachings.
Religion
Religion.
- How do Islamic, Christian and other traditions condemn hypocrisy, with interpretations attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and respectful? boundary
Crocodile tears
Idiom origin.
Crocodile tears
Crocodile tears.
- Where does the phrase crocodile tears come from? provenance
- Which entry fits crocodile tears syndrome? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should nifaq and riya be separate entries?
- How should moral psychology research be linked?
- Should crocodile tears be moved to idiom entries?