(Dis)Honesty

The Truth About Lies
Podcast
Aug. 4, 2015

You can't win; if you tell lies people will distrust you. If you tell the truth people will dislike you. - Oscar Wilde

From little white lies to criminal deceit and global deceptions, dishonesty is a universal constant of the world we live in. Commonplace acts of make clear cheating isn't just happening on a newsworthy scale, but in smaller, more mundane ways everywhere.

(Dis)Honesty - The Truth About Lies shows us that lying is a part of human nature, but little fibs can snowball into large-sale problems with major implications for society. Several recent studies have shown that we don't really understand the causes and complexities of dishonesty, but at the same time, research is indicating that reminding ourselves about our own morality makes us behave better. When we too often go to great lengths to rationalize the stories we concoct, why is it so hard for us to tell it like it is?