Puritanical bias is the tendency to attribute an undesirable outcome or someone's wrongdoing to that individual's own moral deficiency or lack of self-control, rather than taking into account the broader societal circumstances that may have shaped it.
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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own accountPuritanical bias is the tendency to attribute an undesirable outcome or an individual's wrongdoing to their own moral deficiency or lack of self-control, rather than to the broader societal circumstances that shaped it. 1 Classification
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1. Puritanical Bias (Wikipedia)
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Puritanical bias refers to the tendency to attribute cause of an undesirable outcome or wrongdoing by an individual to a moral deficiency or lack of self control rather than taking into account the impact of broader societal determinants.
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Puritanical bias refers to the tendency to attribute cause of an undesirable outcome or wrongdoing by an individual to a moral deficiency or lack of self control rather than taking into account the impact of broader societal determinants.
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