The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life
- New York St. Martin`s Press 2004
- 312p
1. HONESTY'S DECLINE One: Beyond Honesty A Whole Lotta Lyin' /Whatever Happened to Honesty? / Post-Truthfulness / Euphemasia / Ledger-Book Morality Two: A Brief History of Lying The Liar's Edge / Early Ethics / The Insider's Guide to Honesty / Lie Regulation / Civil Society Three: The Honesty Connection Community / Situational Dishonesty / Ethical Memories / Impression Management Four: Whistler's Druthers Myth America / The Reinvented Self / Roots? Five: Great Pretenders Petty Fibbery /A Matter of Degrees / Imposeurs / Fields of Unfulfilled Dreams / Behind the Mask Six: Why Lie? Insecurity / Recreation / Duping Delight/Adventure / Taking Charge Seven: Sex, Lies, and Sex Roles Sex Studies / Telling It Slant / Erotic Deception/Relationships II. ENABLING DISHONESTY Eight: Mentors and Role Models Therapists / Lawyers / Politicians Nine: It's Academic On Campus / Larger Truths / Pomo Profs / Heirs of Protagoras/Applied Postmodernism Ten: Narrative Truths, and Lies Narrative Truths / New Journalists/ Driven Narratives / Creative Journalism / Ripple Effects Eleven: Masked Media Hollywood Ethics / From Beaver to Baghdad/ Narratives, Story Lines, and Dramatic Arcs Twelve: Peter Pan Morality Origins / Looking-Glass Ethics / "I Was There"/ The Boomer Code Thirteen: Deception.com Techno-Aided Deception / No One Knows You're a Dog/The Tangled Web / Enhanced Reality III. CONSEQUENCES AND CONCLUSIONS Fourteen: The Suspicious Society Truth Bias to Lie Bias / Just Checking/Pinocchio's Revenge /Wired Up / Lies and Consequences / Credibility Gaps Fifteen: The Price of Prevarication No Respect / Lieaholism/ Craving Truth Sixteen: The Case for Honesty Post-Ethics Honesty / The Well- Intentioned Liar / Honest Parenting / The Social Value of Honesty / Positive Trends / Honesty Redux