Against all our better instincts, and no matter how we explain them, mat's what we're doing.

Despite her better instincts, she finds herself longing for him.

Against our better instincts, we think, "Go with this nice older man."

This turned out to be true, and Jack helped him, despite his better instincts.

Which means I've become a scientist, against all my better instincts.

My wife has better instincts for judging people than I do.

Jimmy had better instincts about these things than I did.

Or was I actually following one of my better instincts?

And, despite all her better instincts, she was feeling jealous.

My only other idea was appealing to Powers' better instincts.