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    Why Do We Expect Ethics From People but Not Our Leaders?

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    Explore the double standards in leadership and why we often tolerate unethical behavior from political figures while expecting high moral standards from others.

    Why Do We Expect Ethics From People but Not Our Leaders?

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    We reconcile the conflict between our personal ethics and the leader's behavior by reinterpreting the violation, telling ourselves that the same rules simply don't apply at that altitude because the stakes are different.

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