Antonio Barbato

Need a good excuse to act badly, anyone? Here are Nine styles of excuses our ego uses to justify actions that need it.

In a letter to the editor, Scott Crowther suggests using, for the passion of type One the word Justification instead of Anger, because Ones often justify themselves in order to appear right.

I did not agree with the substitution, but believe that Crowther was on to something and wondered if a similar case can be made for other types, not just One. In...

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