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en-wikipedia-org-2071		Guilt (emotion) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4878	712	65	It may take the form of blaming the victim: The victim of someone else's accident or bad luck may be offered criticism, the theory being that the victim may be at fault for having attracted the other person's hostility.[13] Alternatively, not the guilt, but the condemning agency itself, may be projected onto other people, in the hope that they will look upon one's deeds more favorably than one's own conscience (a process that verges on ideas of reference).[14] People who feel guilty may be more likely to exercise restraint,[17] avoid self-indulgence,[18] and exhibit less prejudice.[19] Guilt appears to prompt reparatory behaviors to alleviate the negative emotions that it engenders. Some evolutionary psychologists theorize that guilt and shame helped maintain beneficial relationships,[23][24] such as reciprocal altruism.[25] If a person feels guilty when he harms another or fails to reciprocate kindness, he is more likely not to harm others or become too selfish.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2071.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2071.txt