Nov 22
This Economist article discusses recent research which suggests that a clean body might lead to a more morally questionable behaviour in the individual. Is the extreme emphasis on corporal cleanliness the reason why we see the famous laissez faire attitude in Thailand known as “mai pen rain (it doesn’t matter)” , which often also extends to matters of morality and ethics? Does this help to explain Thailand’s short-cut mentality and ubiquitous petty corruption? Might this explain the sexual deviance found in Japan? And the prudery in the untidier parts of the world?
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