Help me identify a book about honesty.
February 3, 2008 9:42 AM Subscribe
Help me identify a book about honesty
I skimmed a book a couple years ago about honesty that I'm keen to locate again. I can't remember the title, but I believe it would be similar in content with Sissela Bok's Lying or Brad Blanton's Radical Honesty. It was about telling the truth in various contexts.
Of particular interest was a chapter on using honesty with oneself as a way of dealing with the torrent of media most of us are confronted with in our day-to-day lives. I think it discussed ways to winnow through books, music, etc. to find what's really meaningful to you and not waste time on things that aren't.
I had to return the book to the libarary before I got a chance to finish reading it. I would very much like to find again. I believe it was written by a woman, but there's a 50% chance I'm wrong.
I skimmed a book a couple years ago about honesty that I'm keen to locate again. I can't remember the title, but I believe it would be similar in content with Sissela Bok's Lying or Brad Blanton's Radical Honesty. It was about telling the truth in various contexts.
Of particular interest was a chapter on using honesty with oneself as a way of dealing with the torrent of media most of us are confronted with in our day-to-day lives. I think it discussed ways to winnow through books, music, etc. to find what's really meaningful to you and not waste time on things that aren't.
I had to return the book to the libarary before I got a chance to finish reading it. I would very much like to find again. I believe it was written by a woman, but there's a 50% chance I'm wrong.
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Telling Lies, by Paul Ekman.
Lies We Live By, by Carl Hausman.
The Concise Book of Lying, by Evelin Sullivan.
On Bullshit and On Truth, both by Harry G. Frankfurt.
posted by Iridic at 1:04 PM on February 3, 2008