On hypocrisy

Dr. Bob has some very thought-provoking excerpts from an article on the topic of hypocrisy:

Because hypocrisy requires the hypocrite to believe in something or someone outside himself. Hypocrisy requires an aspiration to something higher or better than oneself. That is the meaning of the folk saying, “Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.” Hypocrisy is an imperfect, deficient attempt to be better.

Read the rest here.