Although people almost always know the right thing to do - cheating is wrong - their sense of power makes it easier to rationalize away the ethical lapse.

虽然人们差不多都知道要做正确之事，欺骗是一种错误的行为，但是他们的权力感很容易就能为道德滑坡找到合理的借口。

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Weinstein's belief that he has a right to serve as attorney general despite his ethical lapse while Galant should be denied his right to serve as chief of general staff due to his ethical lapse tells us that, like his colleagues in the legal fraternity, Weinstein has engaged in deeply prejudicial behavior.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Yoav Galant's depressing defeat