Focusing on the 9th Commandment this month—you should not lie—I perused Amazon for books about lying. I ran across this one by Duke University cognitive science professor Dan Ariely. In the book, he investigates why and when cheating occurs, debates its usefulness and questions how it can be discouraged.
Ariely asks, “Is dishonesty largely restricted to a few bad apples, or is it a more widespread problem?” He theorizes that if only a few bad apples are responsible for most of the cheating in the world, we might easily be able to remedy the problem. But if the problem is not confined to a few outliers, that would mean that anyone could behave dishonestly at work and at home—you and I included.
To learn more about his findings and what he wrote about in The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone–Especially Ourselves, check out my summary of Dan Ariely’s 2013 book.
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