"I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare...."-- Montaigne "All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.'" -- Tennesse

Issues bearing on lying and deception impact every act of communication we undertake and our evaluation and analysis of every message we process.

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of moral and conceptual questions about lying and deception. Carson argues that there is a moral pre

Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship, neurophysiology, and immunology, but

Looks at cheating, corruption, and concealment to focus on motivations, justifications, influences, and reductions of dishonesty.