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Contents
I. HONESTY’S DECLINE
1)
Beyond Honesty
A Whole
Lotta Lyin’ / Whatever
Happened to Honesty? / Post-Truthfulness / Euphemasia /
Ledger Book Morality
2)
A Brief History of Lying The Liar’s Edge / Early
Ethics /The Insider’s Guide to Honesty / Lie Regulation /
Civil Society
3) The
Honesty Connection Community
/ Situational Dishonesty /
Ethical Memories /
Impression Management
4) Whistler’s Druthers
Myth America / The Reinvented Self / Roots?
5) Great Pretenders
Petty Fibbery / A Matter of Degrees / Imposeurs /
Fields of
Unfulfilled
Dreams /
Behind the Mask
6) Why Lie? Insecurity
/ Recreation / Duping Delight / Adventure / Taking Charge
7) Sex, Lies, and Sex Roles Sex
Studies / Telling it Crooked / Erotic Deception
/ Relationships
II.
ENABLING DISHONESTY
8) Mentors and
Role Models Therapists / Lawyers / Politicians / Entertainers
9)
9)
It’s
Academic
On Campus / Larger Truths / Po Mo Profs / Heirs of
Protagoras /
Applied Postmodernism
10) Narrative
Truths, and Lies Narrative Truths / New Journalists / Driven
Narratives
/ Creative Journalism / Ripple Effects
11) Masked Media Hollywood Ethics
/ From Beaver to Baghdad / Narratives,
Storylines, and Dramatic Arcs
12) Peter
Pan Morality Origins /
Looking-Glass Ethics
/
“I Was There” / The
Boomer
Code
13) Deception.com
Techno-Aided Deception / No One Knows You’re a Dog / The
Tangled Web /
Enhanced Reality
III. CONSEQUENCES AND
CONCLUSIONS
14) The
Suspicious Society Truth
Bias to Lie Bias
/
Just Checking / Pinocchio’s
Revenge / Wired Up / Lies and Consequences / Credibility Gaps
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15) The
Price of Prevarication No
Respect / Lieaholism / Craving Truth
16) The
Case for Honesty The Post-Ethics Honesty / The Well-Intentioned
Liar /
Honest Parenting / The Social Value of Honesty / Positive
Trends / Honesty
Redux
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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