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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

1   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