Bernard L. Madoff, the accused mastermind of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, leaves Federal Court in New York, January 14, 2009.
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Dan Ariely provides an eye-poppingly honest account of the
interactive mechanisms that cause everyone to lie - even God.
Ariely tells the story of God's lie, coming out of the "musical break" at the 33:40 minute mark.
http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=16441
Ariely tells the story of God's lie, coming out of the "musical break" at the 33:40 minute mark.
http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=16441
Since we all lie, the most dangerous human beings are those who
pretend to be unimpeachably pure.
The "unimpeachably pure" are seldom content -- and rarely feel "justified!" -- until they participate in a murderous crusade against "bad guys" to demonstrate their superiority over "The Damned."
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with
which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more
idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are
at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient
times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound
up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only
unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is
theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer
any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes
evil.” Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Trappist monk, Father Thomas
Merton - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Merton
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Dan Ariely: "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie To Everyone - Especially Ourselves" - http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-08-13/dan-ariely-honest-truth-about-dishonesty-how-we-lie-everyone-especially-ourselves
The audio file corresponding to this interview is available at http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=16441
Most of us think of ourselves as honest, but psychology professor Dan Ariely says in fact, we all lie and cheat. In a new book, he challenges preconceptions about dishonesty, from seemingly small white lies to avoid hurting someone’s feelings to massive financial fraud like Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme. He explores how unethical behavior in the personal, professional and political worlds affects all of us. He joins Diane to explain how dishonesty can be a slippery slope, what keeps us honest and how to achieve higher ethics in our everyday lives.
Guests
Dan Ariely
professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, founder and director of the Center for Advanced Hindsight and author of "Predictably Irrational" and "The Upside of Irrationality."
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