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May 2, 2012

According to NPR's story, "Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things":

In general, when we think about bad behavior, we think about it being tied to character: Bad people do bad things. But that model, researchers say, is profoundly inadequate.

Read more of the story on the NPR website.

In the same thread, This American Life recently had a segment on degrees of sin and making bad decisions. Find the audio by clicking here.

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