I think nearly everyone is this honest, in fact. I think this is linked to whoever said 'most people think they're more honest than average so most people are actually more honest than people think'. When I had a bag that looked as if it was open when it wasn't, people would stop me very regularly on the tube to tell me that my bag was open.
There's also a link to available time (remember the 'good samaritan' research; if told they're giving a talk on the good samaritan across town and have plenty of time to get there, almost all trainee priests will cross the road to help a person in distress; if told they're giving a talk on the good samaritan across town and are running late, most of them won't.); people do 'good things' when they have time to do them -- if you'd been in a tearing hurry you might well have passed on phoning the person with the wallet, for example.
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Date: 2004-07-03 12:00 am (UTC)There's also a link to available time (remember the 'good samaritan' research; if told they're giving a talk on the good samaritan across town and have plenty of time to get there, almost all trainee priests will cross the road to help a person in distress; if told they're giving a talk on the good samaritan across town and are running late, most of them won't.); people do 'good things' when they have time to do them -- if you'd been in a tearing hurry you might well have passed on phoning the person with the wallet, for example.