life in hypothetical world based on, 5–6
matrix task and, 15–23
tested in real-life situations, 23–26
sincerity, principle of, 220
Skilling, Jeffrey, 2
social norms, infectious nature of cheating and, 195, 201–3, 205–7, 209
social utility, collaborative cheating and, 222–23
South Africa, Truth and Reconciliation Commission in, 253–54
split-brain patients, 164
sports, self-deception in, 155–56
stealing:
Coca-Cola vs. money, 32–33
joke about, 31
resetting mechanisms and, 252–53
from workplace, 31, 33, 193
steroids, in sports, 155–56
storytelling:
creation of logical-sounding explanations and, 163–65
reinterpreting information in self-serving way in, 187–88
self-deception and, 142–43
Stroop task, 109–12
opportunity to cheat on, 111–12
sumptuary laws, 120
sunshine policies, 88, 91–92
suspiciousness of others:
fake products and, 131–34
self-deception and, 158–59
Tali (research assistant), 21, 24–26
Taliban, 152
Talmud, 45
Tang, Thomas, 44
tax returns, 45–49
IRS reaction to author’s findings on, 47–49
rationalization of exaggerated deductions in, 27–28
signing at top vs. bottom, 46–49
technological frontiers, potential for dishonesty and, 188
temptation, resisting of:
cognitive load and, 99–100
dieting and, 98, 109, 112–13, 114–15
ego depletion and, 100–116
evenings as difficult time for, 102
physical exhaustion and, 97–98
removing oneself from tempting situations and, 108–11, 115–16
in shopping malls, 113
Ten Commandments, 39–40, 41, 44, 204, 250
