Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.
Material type: TextSeries: A Harvest book | Harvest bookPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2008.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: x, 292 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780156033909 (pbk.) :
- 0156033909 (pbk.)
- 153 22
- BF337.C63 T38 2008
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Originally published: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index.
Two distinguished psychologists look at the role of self-justification in human life, explaining how and why we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility and restore our belief in our intelligence, moral rectitude, and correctness; assess the potential repercussions of such a course of action; and reveal how it can be overcome.
Knaves, fools, villains and hypocrites : how do they live with themselves? -- Cognitive dissonance : the engine of self-justification -- Pride and prejudice-- and other blind spots -- Memory, the self-justifying historian -- Good intentions, bad science : the closed loop of clinical judgment -- Law and disorder -- Love's assassin : self-justification in marriage -- Wounds, rifts, and wars -- Letting go and owning up.
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