Self-deception

According to Dr.Hare Psychopaths display “use of deceit and deception to cheat, con, or defraud others for personal gain”. This ability to manipulate other people can become easier over time for a psychopath. In James Fallon’s experiences, “The pranks and manipulations and party mayhem got riskier and would involve…

After we finish the Inquiry 3, we did the Inquiry 4 which is transfer the text into media. I chose Prezi as my way to present. Because I often use Prezi which provides many sources and it is much better than the traditional PowerPoint. The good side of remediate our essay, using picture and video can better and more vivid to explain our thought and let the audience to enjoy into it. As I learned before in the English 109 class, Professor taught us we can use Ethos, Logos, and Pathos to appeal…

investigations. We need a replacement for polygraphs, and micro-expressions are a fine candidate. The previously used lie detector, the polygraph, is unreliable. This is because “physiological responses measured by the polygraph are not uniquely related to deception” (National Research Council (2003). The Polygraph and Lie Detection. Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph.…

Hasn't everyone in society lied to a loved one just for the sake of protecting them? In the four articles that I read they all gave their own opinions of lying which was either favoring lying or completely loathe at the thought of lying. Either way, all of them gave a pretty good generalization of lying in certain situations on how it could positively or negatively affect people. Lying would sometimes be necessary when trying to convince someone or to try to stop them from making bad decisions.…

Have you ever been tricked? There were many scenes in this play that showed Macbeth tricking others into doing his dirty work for him. He managed to trick others into believing something about someone that wasn’t true and also he managed to hoax them into killing the person. The trickery going on today may not be life threatening, but it does not take away the importance of addressing these issues that I will be explaining in this essay. This is mainly going to be about all of the little…

Whenever a child is caught in the act of stealing, chances are that they denied ever doing it. The chocolate chip cookie in question obviously never existed, because why would little old Frank eat it before dinner when his mom explicitly told him not to. For them the alternative to lying would be getting in trouble, so obviously they would choose the lie. Children often do this before they are taught what is right or wrong, prior to them developing a sense of integrity. This sense of conflict…

The use of deception to attain one’s desires ultimately ends in the failure to achieve one’s goal. Imagine if you had something you wanted more than anything in the world. You would probably be willing to do whatever it takes to achieve this desire. This is exactly the situation characters face in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. To begin, characters desire different things, from a relationship to a good reputation. Secondly, in order to achieve what one desires, they must deceive others. Finally,…

Amelia Staten Professor Robert Ross POLS-2300-001 18 Sept. 2014 What is the "noble lie" and what purpose does it serve? In a political sense, the phrase “noble lie” is defined as an untruth or a myth. A noble lie is typically told by someone of power in order to keep a sense of harmony amongst a group. In The Republic, Plato coins the phrase “noble lie” in a fictional tale on which Socrates is telling of the origins of the social classes and where they came from. The noble lie, coined by…

Deception plays a pivotal part in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Deception appears most significantly in Claudius and Hamlet. Hamlet faked being crazy in order to Trick others and to prove that Claudius is guilty of killing his father the Ex Kings. Other characters such as Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern. All took part of the trickery as well to uncover the source of Hamlet’s so called madness and report back to the dishonorable king who is Claudius. The play’s ending states that “deception…

Lies can be associated to anything of any allegiance. They can contrast from small accusations such blaming your dog on lost homework to being busted for having forged a fake diploma. Lies often leave behind a negative effect in the end because the listener will eventually find out. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, the main character wraps himself in lies in an attempt to paint himself in his perspective of perfection causing his gradual and inevitable downfall. Gatsby’s…