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Anti-patternv1AP-029

Values-gap-moralization anti-pattern

moralizing the gap between stated and revealed values rather than treating it as diagnostic data, where self-judgment about the discrepancy prevents the neutral examination needed to close it

Why This Is an Anti-Pattern

Inverts stated-vs-revealed-values (Stated-vs-revealed-values pattern). Violates Actual behavior reveals operative values more reliably… (behavior reveals values as data). Recurs in shame spirals, moral perfectionism, values-behavior guilt.