Moral Credential Effect MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Moral Credential Effect? Moral Credential Effect is an ESFJ personality type in MBTI, 1w2 - sx/sp - in Enneagram, in Big 5, in Socionics.
Biography
The Moral Credential Effect refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals, after demonstrating their moral values or non-prejudiced behavior in the past, feel they've earned moral "credits" that allow them to later engage in actions that might contradict those values without feeling hypocritical. For example, someone who has previously supported charitable causes might later feel they have earned moral credentials that allow them to behave in a prejudiced manner or make biased judgments without feeling it contradicts their moral character. This effect highlights how individuals might use their past actions or moral behaviors as a sort of "credit" to justify or excuse behavior that might otherwise be seen as morally inconsistent. It's important to note that this effect can lead to a kind of moral self-licensing, where past moral actions are used to permit morally questionable behavior in the present or future.
