@relentless-red saidRelentless Red,
For every human quality you can construct an opposite quality.
The opposite of being true to your beliefs is being able to know when you must change your thinking.
The opposite of being bold, forthright and courageous is being cautious and thoughtful and taking care of your impact on others.
If you believe there is a time and a place for every quality as oppos ...[text shortened]... position and join in a process of collective thought and growth which by definition requires change.
It's difficult to see how this post has much, if anything, to do with hypocrisy.
And you not addressing any of the responses would seem to indicate that you know it too.
If you want to have another stab at it, feel free.
@torunn said"Hypocrisy" is engaging in the same behaviour for which one criticizes another person. It's normally considered to be unethical. Perhaps you don't agree? Even if being hypocritical were a "tactical" thing, like you suggest, it would still be unethical.
@FMF
If hypocritical to some extent is being tactical, then I feel that online we don't have to be that. We can say exactly what we feel is our true selves, or nothing at all. Offline, among people, we may have to show tact, consideration, diplomacy and sometimes (white) lies.
If a Brexiteer who has very publicly criticized people for saying that Brexit will destabilise Northern Ireland, starts saying that people overlooked the Irish situation when they campaigned for Brexit, are they a hypocrite or are they showing a capacity to reflect and change? What are the ethics of sticking steadfastly to a position to avoid being called a hypocrite when backing down might be for the greater good?
@fmf saidDepends on the given situation. Pro's & Con's🤷♂️🚬
"Hypocrisy" is engaging in the same behaviour for which one criticizes another person. It's normally considered to be unethical. Perhaps you don't agree? Even if being hypocritical were a "tactical" thing, like you suggest, it would still be unethical.
-Removed-How much leeway is there in simultaneous? Obviously no two statements can be made by the same person at exactly the same time, so how far back is it okay to look for the contradiction? Do you think fear of being called a hypocrite or accused of u turns ever pushes people away from ethical behaviour?
@relentless-red saidChanging one's mind about a political issue is not hypocrisy. Changing one's mind about a political issue is not unethical unless, in some way, it involves corruption or involves deception.
If a Brexiteer who has very publicly criticized people for saying that Brexit will destabilise Northern Ireland, starts saying that people overlooked the Irish situation when they campaigned for Brexit, are they a hypocrite or are they showing a capacity to reflect and change? What are the ethics of sticking steadfastly to a position to avoid being called a hypocrite when backing down might be for the greater good?
Do you have some personal, non-conventional definition of "hypocrisy" that you are using?