Unethical amnesia responds more to instrumental than to hedonic motives

Unethical amnesia responds more to instrumental than to hedonic motives [Economic Sciences]:

Humans care about morality. Yet, they often engage in actions that contradict their moral self. Unethical amnesia is observed when people do not remember or remember less vividly these actions. This paper explores two reasons why individuals may experience unethical amnesia. Forgetting past unethical behavior may be motivated by purely...