Essays on Self-Deception

In accordance my life history, I have always been a cool minded individual and avoided unnecessary conflicts since I started going to school. I developed an introverted personality, due to which I kept distance from people and did not engage in extreme social activities. It resulted in making me a quiet person and I became less prone towards expressing or sharing my feelings to people. My control over temperament ensured that I was not easily inclined towards becoming angry. My personality has remained same over the period of years as I have experienced such traits as far as I ...

People who are holding positions in a public office should definitely know the importance of being able to think critically and creatively—that is, with public interest in mind. An example of a situation wherein this ability to think critically and creatively with the interest of the public in mind would be when a policymaker pushes for reforms in the real estate sector. The latest financial crises experienced not only in the United States but other developed and developing countries were the result of naivety. There was the assumption that the value of real estate and other asset classes ...

Deception is a misrepresentation of the truth. The play, ‘A Glass Menagerie,’ is full of deception, which impacts the story and reveals a lot about the characters, driving forward the plot of the story. Characters deceive themselves as well as deceive each other to reflect the ideals of society and convince themselves of a distant reality. All the characters, Laura, Tom, and Amanda, engage in acts of deception which have far reaching effects on the family. Laura misses classes and drops out of college but pretends and does not let her family know. It causes lose of money for ...

All humans lie. I do believe that. Can you tell when someone is lying? What do you do when you are lied to? Do liars have different brain structure? Why do we choose to deceive ourselves? The Radiolab broadcast entitled “Deception” addresses each of these questions. The broadcast consists of three sections: Catching Liars, People Who Lie, and Lying to Others. Each section explores deception through interviews with various professionals. In each section, many psychological perspectives can be detected. Although I found each section intriguing, it is the last section that really brought up thought-provoking questions in the area ...

Introduction

Marcus Aurelius is one of the most influential philosophers. Ideally, he has substantial reasons why he came up with his philosophical works including the “Meditations”. Stoic Aristo’s readings and reports influenced Aurelius’ efforts to come up with his philosophical piece of work. These readings initiated a sense of self-acceptance and confidence in Aurelius’ philosophical works. The “Meditations” is a very different from the text from the other philosophical texts. Most of the elements that are significant in the book elevate towards Aurelius’ personal experiences. Some of these experiences such as death and livelihood irritations manifest in the entire text. For ...

Our senses are our main way of intermingling with the world. Even before one learns to be in control of their emotions, before learning the use of language or reason, senses plays a great role in one’s knowledge acquisition. Sense perception is expected to offer a sense of direction but in many cases it has proven that the knowledge acquired through perception is largely ambiguous and impractical and has thus deceived or misdirected many people (Descartes, 13). Many people therefore find themselves at crossroads whether to believe the knowledge acquired through sense perception or not and this has actually culminated ...

In his treatise entitled “Meta-atheism: Religious Avowal as Self-Deception,” Georges Rey outlines in quite clear terms his rationale for doubting the true existence of theists and of the possibility that thinking, educated people could harbor an innate belief in the existence of God. Rey’s strongest arguments are evidentiary in nature. In other words, the absence of any clear, objective evidence that God exists establishes a strong foundation upon which to base the contention that there is no such being. As such, Rey contends that “the reasons for atheism are obvious, and not dependent on subtle metaphysics or sophisticated theories of ...

Social desirability bias is a factor which could affect the results of any research study which involves methods of self-reporting by participants. Human beings have an inbuilt desire to portray themselves in the most positive light possible. Sometimes they are unaware of this tendency altogether and do not realise they are being dishonest in their answers. At other times, people are aware and deliberately respond in a way they believe to be socially favourable. Furthermore, social desirability bias can apply to everyday life, in addition to research studies.

According to Anton J. Nederhof (2006), “Social desirability is one of the most ...

There are several key points to be made in comparing and contrasting the protagonists in Speak and Inexcusable. Perhaps the most fundamental difference can be ascribed to viewpoint, to the relative perspectives of the two protagonists and of the reader. Both stories deal with a highly controversial issue. The crime of rape, which many in our society seek to obscure and trivialize by reducing it to a matter of opinion, is met head-on and addressed compellingly in both books. These two stories raise questions not only about sexual predation, but about the nature of denial and self-delusion and the influence, both ...