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Mistakes were made (but not by me), why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts, Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

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Mistakes were made (but not by me), why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts, Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-276) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mistakes were made (but not by me)

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

778567041

Responsibility statement

Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Series statement

A Harvest book

Sub title

why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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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