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1) On bullshit
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Language
English
Description
Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it, yet we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves--and we lack a conscientious appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, as Harry Frankfurt writes, "we have no theory." Frankfurt, one of the world's most influential moral philosophers, attempts to build such a theory here....
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
We all want the truth, don't we? In fact, we demand it. We divorce spouses who withhold it. We insist our children practice it. We're hurt when our friends don't divulge it. We're incensed by politicians who invent it. But when it comes to our own behavior, how often do we transgress? Out of diplomacy, kindness, sympathy, and privacy we don't always tell the truth. Yet we often barely notice. So, what happens when we do notice? When we truly focus...
4) Lying
Author
Publisher
Four Elephants Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"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 [this book] ... Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A scrupulous account that overturns many commonplace notions about how we can best detect lies and falsehoods. Across a host of issues such as the advent of fake news, climate-science denial, and Bernie Madoff's appeal to investors, people can be astonishingly gullible. Some people appear authentic and sincere even when the facts discredit them, and many people fall victim to conspiracy theories and economic scams that should be dismissed as obviously...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As former CIA agents, Philip Houston, Mike Floyd and Susan Carnicero are among the world's best at recognizing deceptive behavior. "Spy the lie" chronicles the story of how they used a methodology Houseon developed to detect deception in the counter-terrorism and criminal invesigation realms, and how these techniques can be applied in our daily lives.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dina Nayeri's powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience." Viet Thanh Nguyen From the author of The Ungrateful Refugee finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Kirkus Prize Who Gets Believed? is a groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance that asks unsettling questions about lies, truths, and the difference between being believed and being dismissed in situations spanning asylum interviews, emergency...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A provocative and unsettling look at the nature of love and deception Is it possible to love well without lying? At least since Socrates's discourse on love in Plato's Symposium, philosophers have argued that love can lead us to the truth-about ourselves and the ones we love. But in the practical experience of erotic love-and perhaps especially in marriage-we find that love and lies often work hand in hand, and that it may be difficult to sustain...
Author
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book addresses some of the common questions parents have about children's lie-telling behavior, and how to parent a lying child"--
"All children lie. But when your child lies to you, it can feel like a personal betrayal. Lying is a healthy and inevitable part of child development. But when do lies become a problem? In this book, psychologist Victoria Talwar, Director of the Talwar Child Development Lab at McGill University, presents practical,...
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Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Honesty is a value that can be difficult to explain, especially to children wondering why they need to tell the truth. This volume is a helpful resource for young readers who need gentle guidance toward a deeper understanding of why the truth is so important. The age-appropriate language and empowering tone inform and inspire readers without talking down to them. Readers are presented with facts and examples to help them see why telling the truth...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This guide reveals the FBI-developed practice of elicitation, the field-tested technique for detecting deception and encouraging people to provide information they would otherwise keep secret. Now you can learn this astonishing method directly from the expert who created this technique and pioneered it for the FBI.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
How often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the internet brings us unprecedented access to information, there's little evidence we're any better informed because of it. We may blame cognitive bias...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry equips readers to recognize the lies and resist the forces that seek to steal their happiness, wholeness, and holiness"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Slater examines memories of her youth, when after being diagnosed with a strange illness she developed seizures and neurological disturbances and the compulsion to lie. Openly questioning the reliability of memoir itself, Slater presents the mesmerizing story of a young woman who discovers not only what plagues her but also what cures her - the birth of her sensuality, her creativity as an artist and the act of storytelling as an act of healing"--Page...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Cats were domesticated before dogs, right? That's a LIE! The TRUTH is, dogs were living with people for 10,000 years before cats ever were! Though this engaging early reader is 100% fun, 25% of it is FALSE! In a unique Q&A format, proficient readers are quizzed about cats to see if they can separate facts from "lies." The book's mascot--the Truth Sleuth--guides readers through this funny and fact-packed book, which features photos and illustrations...
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