Licensing Effect
"Those who consider themselves virtuous worry less about their own behavior, making them more susceptible to ethical lapses"
Related studies:
- Moral Self-Licensing: When Being Good Frees Us to Be Bad, Anna C. Merritt, Daniel A. Effron, Benoît Monin, First published: 05 May 2010, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00263.x