Lying

Harris, Sam 1967- (Author).

Summary: As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption?even murder and genocide?generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, best-selling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie. He focuses on "white" lies ...

Record details

ISBN: 9781940051017
ISBN: 1940051010
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (113 pages)
Publisher: New York : Four Elephants Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Front Cover; Other Books by Sam Harris; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; What Is a Lie?; The Mirror of Honesty; Two Types of Lies; White Lies; Trust; Faint Praise; Secrets; Lies in Extremis; Mental Accounting; Integrity; Big Lies; Conclusion; Appendix A: A Conversation with Ronald A. Howard; Appendix B: A Conversation with Readers; Acknowledgments; Notes; About the Author; A Note on the Type.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.