Toward the end of the 1770s, a poet writing at the request of a powerful Buddhist monk on the island we now know as Sri Lanka juxtaposed four images of Lankan Buddhist life. The first, with which he described the time before his patron’s monastic order came into being, was an image of darkness, hypocrisy, and delusion. It described a time in which, according to the poet, Buddhist monks betrayed...

• In five bargaining games, proposers could blame unfair proposals on a coin flip. • Responders did not believe that proposers actually let the coin decide. • Responders and third parties were less punitive when the coin was blamed. • People generally refrain from punishing if guilt cannot be proved beyond doubt. • Unwillingness to punish when in doubt could explain the prevalence of hypocrisy....

Abstract Existing justifications for exclusionary rules and stays of proceedings in response to pre-trial wrongdoing by police officers prosecutors are often thought be counter-productive or disproportionate their consequences. This article begins explore whether the concept standing blame can provide a fresh justification such responses. It focuses on vice related standing—hypocrisy—and concer...