Just as we have limits on our cognitive abilities (bounded rationality), we have psychological limits that prevent us from seeing the ethical dimensions of our choices.
We hold people less accountable for unethical actions when they are carried out through third parties or "outsourced." How to Close the Gap Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and...
The authors argue that most unethical behaviour isn't the result of "bad people" doing bad things, but rather "good people" being unaware of the psychological biases that cloud their judgment. Just as we have limits on our cognitive