> In an experiment, participants were randomly assigned to select items they wanted to buy in one of two online stores. One store sold predominantly green products, the other mostly conventional items.
That said, interesting point by you. I'd guess the causation can run both ways - doing superficial good gives you the moral license they were talking about, but also maybe bad people want to compensate and wash their sins away with some public good behavior.
> In an experiment, participants were randomly assigned to select items they wanted to buy in one of two online stores. One store sold predominantly green products, the other mostly conventional items.
That said, interesting point by you. I'd guess the causation can run both ways - doing superficial good gives you the moral license they were talking about, but also maybe bad people want to compensate and wash their sins away with some public good behavior.