A bias such as an integrity bias can actually be a good thing.
Integrity is the glue that holds a society together. A simple lesson in history can explain why.
Why have most empires fallen within 200 years?
The Roman Empire
The first two centuries of the Roman Empire saw a period of unprecedented stability and prosperity known as the Pax Romana (“Roman Peace”).
Rome reached its greatest territorial expanse during the reign of Trajan (98–117 AD).
A period of increasing trouble and decline began with the reign of Commodus (177–192) In the 3rd century the Empire underwent a crisis that threatened its existence, as the Gallic Empire and Palmyrene Empire broke away from the Roman state, and a series of short-lived emperors, often from the legions, led the empire.
The empire was reunified under Aurelian (r. 270–275). In an effort to stabilize it, Diocletian set up two different imperial courts in the Greek East and Latin West in 286.Wikipedia
The Glue of Society
Could it be that an integrity bias is the glue that holds a society together?
Society is essentially defined as “An organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.”
There is a popular school of thought that religion is the main cause of war in our “society.” Besides this being factually and statistically untrue, I propose that before or without religion, humans would never have developed into societies at all. We would still be living in animal like lawlessness, governed only by human selfishness.
Civilization could only come about with the stability of lawmakers and the enforcers of those laws.
But what drives the lawmakers and enforcement officers themselves to behave morally?
Ultimately it is the fear and awe of a power greater than themselves and the direction we all need from this higher power. The understanding that there exists an omnipotent consciousness with a moral essence, and that ultimately there are consequences to our deeds.
In conclusion morality is necessary for for a society to be productive. Once these ethics deteriorate, the framework of the civilization will ultimately fail. History substantiates this with indisputable accuracy.
The vast majority of biases are harmful and actually deprive the person of the opportunity to know the truth.
An Integrity Bias… It may seem to be in short supply but it’s still to able be found.
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