# Quote — M. Scott Peck, The People Of The Lie

> Whenever the roles of individuals within a group become specialized, it becomes both possible and easy for the individual to pass the moral buck to some other part of the group. In this way, not only does the individual forsake his conscience but the conscience of the group as a whole can become so fragmented and diluted as to be nonexistent.

- Author: [M. Scott Peck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck.md)
- Book: [The People Of The Lie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie.md)
- Page: 249
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/M._Scott_Peck#People_of_the_Lie:_The_Hope_for_Healing_Human_Evil_(1983)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/whenever-the-roles

## More from this book

> The reality of the matter is that the naming of evil is still in a primitive stage.

p. 99 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/the-reality-of-the.md)

> The only power that Satan has is through human belief in its lies.

p. 237 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/the-only-power.md)

> ... As (Malachi) Martin points out, it is terribly important to understand that Satan is a spirit. I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible in the way that matter is tangible. It no more has horns, hooves, and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something basically nameless... It is spirit.

p. 224 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-scott-peck/the-people-of-the-lie/as-malachi-martin.md)