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Lying and deception in everday life

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Truth and deception--like good and evil--have long been viewed as diametrically opposed and unreconcilable. Yet, few people can honestly claim they never lie. In fact, deception is practiced habitually in day-to-day life--from the polite compliment that doesn't accurately relay one's true feelings, to self-deception about one's own motivations.
The book articulates the boundaries between unethical and adaptive deception demonstrating how some lies serve socially approved goals, while others provoke distrust and condemnation. Throughout, the volume focuses on the range of emotions--from feelings of shame, fear, or envy, to those of concern and compassion--that motivate our desire to deceive ourselves and others.

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170702120

177.3 LEW l

Z. HANDIMAN

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177.3 LEW l

Publisher

New York : The Guilford Press., 1993

Collation

x,221p.; 24 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-89862-894-6

Classification

177.3

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Subject(s)

SELF-DECEPTION, ETHICS

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v

Statement of Responsibility

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