Why good people do bad things | Einar Øverenget | TEDxOslo

We are all good people, in some way. Einar Øverenget will talk about why it’s impossible to do the right thing all the time, but what exactly makes us to do the bad things?

His aim is to make philosophy accessible and relevant for people of different training and careers, and also for people in their private lives – and the objective is to stimulate thinking.

[alannahflores]

1. Denial of responsibility
2. Denial of harming the universe
3. Denial of victim hood
4. “I deserve it for all the good I do”
5. “I had no choice”
6. Justification by comparison - people have done worse
7. Postponement - choosing to reflect later

[jbates]

Trauma/PTSD/C-PTSD is very often why genuinely good people do bad things, that are against their own personal values. Especially if the behavior becomes habitual. Fear/survival mode state living. Modalities to resolve and heal the underlying, often subconscious, trauma is what's needed for change of behavior.

[Lottiya]

So many people that got an assignment connected to this video and here I am: watching because I like ted + I’m wondering if I’m a bad person :)

[diversejoe]

Good people can become bad because of people constantly being either bullied/beaten which is understandable

[soslothful]

I'm reminded of my favorite quote -
A moment of carelessness, a lifetime of regret.
A lifetime of carelessness, a moment of regret.

[khoitran]

0:07
I once dressed up as a girl in Minecraft and successfully seduced a man. We lived a good life for the time being, everything was going good and I even placed my Minecraft bed right next to his. We then got married virtually and even adopted a wolf in the process. Despite all the good that has happened, I just had to tell him the truth and I eventually did; I told him I was a man. He was so shocked because I could tell by his emotionless Minecraft skin. After a few seconds of the confrontation, he just left. He left me and my virtually pregnant child that I had with another man. I get where he is going, child support is tough and I was hoping the news of me being pregnant would make him happy now that he is father to his nonblood related child.
Despite all that has happened, I still loved him virtually.

[eldevenirdelostiempos]

Norwegians are so much of good people that for them finding money on the streets and keeping it is "wrong"... what a magnificent culture!!

[asstanley]

This is eye-opening and helpful for my future. I found 300 euro outside a bookies and I had this very dialogue with myself! I gave a third of the money to women's aid an underfunded charity in my country and kept the rest {blush} but I can never forget that I didn't give it ALL to the gardai. I will be able to say to myself ''ah gwan outta that, stop justifying'' the next time this type of dissonance resolution dialogue kicks in.

[luly_isabot]

I don’t know why your voice is so soothing

[Citridile]

I have done something terrible for years, but I desperately want to be a good person now

[thatgirljay]

My teacher made me watch this for online school then I didn't want to so my mom made me do it I don't Wana be here

[AyRizzOfficial]

I had a choice. But the choice made me become a toxic person.

[Biovirulent]

I do bad things but I try to justify it by doing good things to feel like I earned it. I've found money on the ground. I've binge eaten. Stuff like that.

[TyDaGuyy]

But I’m sayin tho majority of us got a summary to write but don’t feel like watching

[victorpadilla]

Am I the only one who caught the intensity in the end when he must of forgot his direction and partially dissociated but still managed to keep it together? Lol or

[charleshurstreinvention]

Because they usually don't have the courage to do the right thing. Put this on another post but it fits here too: Have you ever been in the position where you are doing the right thing and everyone else isn't? That's being a Sheepdog. What is hard for the Sheepdog is that the path it takes is usually where one walks alone. This was this week's topic for my own subscribers on the almighty YT but it fits here too. The Sheepdog will suffer. Here is how you alleviate that lonesome walk of doing right. You look at the other dogs in the kennel. Eliminate the ones that don't know what they are talking about. That's 50% gone. Then the ones who are afraid to hunt. Another 25% gone. Then the ones who hunt but only for themselves--another 20% gone. The 5% left are the Sheepdogs. They aren't allowed near the kennel because the other dogs start snarling and barking. Why? Because the Sheepdog makes 50% look unintelligent, 25% look cowardly and 20% selfish. So the Sheepdog is condemned to walk the ridgeline alone. But the key to inner peace which took me 15 years to realize in the corrupt healthcare field I practice in is this: realize you can't make a regular dog into a Sheepdog. You don't get angry, you treat them with indifference. And you will see that other Sheepdogs will periodically pass you on other ridgelines. And others will gravitate toward you as well--because people would rather you hate them then not acknowledge them at all. And some will possibly get a little better. Hope this helps someone out there---Charles

[parboninawar]

This has nothing to do with my academics. I just wanna download this vid to watch later.

[shaalis]

Machiavelli's "The Prince" is WHY.

[Assassin]

Came here after Wolfgang wee uncut podcast. Recommended

[aarmy]

Let’s be honest do you have more satisfaction making fun of someone or having to donate $100 to a charity?