15 Phrases Obnoxious People Use To Justify Their Behavior. Danielle Sham. Fri, May 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM UTC. 8 min read.

Saying you didn’t mean it is just a way of dodging blame. Bernard says kids often make excuses to justify their behavior. “You’ve got to get over yourself. Don’t lie to yourself,” he ...

Just because "everyone" did something in the past doesn't mean it was okay then. And it definitely doesn't mean it's ...

People may also justify unethical behavior by framing it as an act of altruism rather than self-interest. In another study using the die-rolling paradigm described above, ...

When a man uses your responses to his over-the-top anger to downplay his role, he is trying to justify what he said or did ...

My nickel’s worth of psychology to explain the motivation of bullying behavior is that like all of us they see themselves as incompetent or ugly in one way or another, and they don’t want ...

A survey just out states that 42% of those surveyed justify unethical behavior to get the right results. EY's 14th Global Fraud Survey 2016, "Corporate misconduct ...

This Is How They Justify Their Twisted Behavior. Georgia McCartney. Tue, March 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC. 9 min read. 1. "A Narcissist Lies to Protect Their Fragile Little Ego." ...

How predators use ignorance to justify their behavior. Bill Radke; Andy Hurst; November 21, 2017 / 4:40 pm Lily Loofbourow, culture critic for The Week Courtesy of Lily ...

Why we may feel good about ourselves even when we do wrong.