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 slant -- Erotic deception -- Relationships -- II. Enabling dishonesty -- 8. Mentors and role models -- Therapists -- Lawyers -- Politicians -- 9. It's academic -- On campus -- Larger truths -- Pomo 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, story lines, 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 -- 15. The price of prevarication -- No respect -- Lieaholism -- Craving truth -- 16. The case for honesty -- Post-ethics honesty -- The well-intentioned liar -- Honest parenting -- The social value of honesty -- Positive trends -- Honesty redux.
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