4 reasons leaders seem worse than regular people, Brian Klaas
University College London professor Brian Klaas exposes the ugly truth about world leaders. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube Up next, Why do the worst people rise to power Political scientist Brian Klaas uses philosophical thought experiments like the trolley problem to explore the moral complexities faced by leaders when making decisions under immense uncertainty. According to Klaas, Winston Churchill s World War II choices serve as reallife examples of such dilemmas. Klaas identifies four factorsdirty hands, learning, opportunity, and scrutinythat may falsely appear as corruption in leaders. Dirty hands refers to leaders making harminflicting decisions when all options are bad. Learning means leaders becoming more efficient at causing harm over time. Opportunity signifies the increased chances of those in p
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