Comments on: Don’t be a Jerk Just Cause You Eat Organic Food

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:21 +0000

Hi Jennifer. Did you see the Grist article on this? They aren’t fans.

http://grist.org/list/doe-organic-food-makes-you-a-jerk/

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:30:55 +0000

We do think alike! I wonder the same as Diana actually. If you started looking at people who eat healthy or volunteer or exercise more, I wonder if they’d be more judgmental too. Maybe it’s not so green specific, but based on how people feel about how they do stuff as compared to others. I always start to get this morally superior feeling when I see people who feed their kids crap food day in and day out (because I don’t do that) and it’s hard to remind myself to not be a total jerk about it. Most folks could likely be nicer just in general.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:09:40 +0000

Hi Diana! The study involved organic food, but one reason the researcher decided to do the study is because there’s that tendency for people to pat themselves on the back and act superior for moral behavior. They wanted to see if it applied to organic food too.

Thanks for stopping by

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:03:37 +0000

Is it just organics or is it all patting yourself on the back for moral behavior? There are plenty of people who proclaim what is right, who don’t do much for their neighbor and it has nothing to do with organics.