Tag: morality

People who feel shame often feel guilty, but shame is distinct from guilt. Whereas guilt is the feeling of having done a bad thing, shame is the emotion of being bad, as a… more emotion Shame

Naughty is a word that adults use to warn children not to defy orders. Along the same lines, naughty is also a word that adults use to signal to each other that they’re in the mood to do something sexy or exciting.

Centrism is really its own form of righteousness, one that elevates the emotional agenda of everyone getting along regardless of their needs and feelings.

Regret is a longing to undo a past decision, the wish that another choice had been made. Guilt is a related, but not identical, emotion. In regret, the moral quality of the past… more emotion Guilt

Schadenfreude takes delight in the misery of others not because of a simple sadism, but because people feel despair when people with power can inflict cruelty without fear of consequences.