They don't want to stain their pearly image of themselves, which comes above all things. As long as they can call themselves "a good person" then the rest of the world can crumble, the innocent can suffer, and evil be allowed to continue.
Whether it comes from a place of thinking so high of themselves, or thinking so little of themselves that their ego is built on mud, it functions the same. A compulsory need to always "do the right thing" in the moment, without a single thought for their place in the machine. Just be the spinning gear focused only on spinning.
Its narcissism or cowardice, plain and simple.
They don't want to stain their pearly image of themselves, which comes above all things. As long as they can call themselves "a good person" then the rest of the world can crumble, the innocent can suffer, and evil be allowed to continue.
Whether it comes from a place of thinking so high of themselves, or thinking so little of themselves that their ego is built on mud, it functions the same. A compulsory need to always "do the right thing" in the moment, without a single thought for their place in the machine. Just be the spinning gear focused only on spinning.