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Dan Ariely: The Truth About Dishonesty

February 11, 2016

in 20 MINUTES + / DOCUMENTARY / DEBATE / LECTURE / TALK, COGNITIVE BIASES / FALLACIES, CRITICAL THINKING / FREE WILL?, ETHICS, HUMAN NATURE / MIND, ILLUSION / PARADOX, PHILOSOPHY / SKEPTICISM, RATIONALITY

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Dan Ariely, bestselling author and professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University visits the RSA to examine the mechanisms at work behind dishonest behaviour, and the implications this has for all aspects of our social and political lives.

[Source: The RSA YouTube link]

Behavioral economics Cheating / Deception / Lying Cognitive biases / Fallacies / Free will?Critical thinking / Reason Dan Ariely Decision making Ego / Hierarchy / Status Embarrassment / Guilt / Shame Ethics / Morality Social psychology