Although appearing similar in promoting moral concern through construal rather than reasoning processes, visualizing oneself from the outside should be distinguished from taking another person’s perspective (empathizing cognitively). Picturing oneself performing an action from the outside is relatively simple and may prove a practically useful strategy for facilitating prosocial behavior. Changing to the third-person perspective when contemplating one’s morally questionable actions may make it more likely to see their true nature, prompting an apology for wrongdoings and effectively restoring interpersonal relations. This may be the case for wrongdoings toward entire groups of people, too, as visual perspective taking (as opposed to taking another person’s perspective) should enable one to construe situations involving several other people. Furthermore, when confronting a moral temptation, mentally stepping back by taking a third-person perspective may help to proactively prevent self-control failure, and to “practice what you preach.” As should be apparent by now, we envision future research showing that self-perception from the outside helps make the world a better place.