Why We Lie Assignment

1.) What I believe this article is saying, is that everyone from time to time will lie, or cheat a little. People will lie for many different reasons, whether it is for personal advancement, money, or even self image. These same people, are also most of the time honest people. The article is questioning why it is that people do this? By analyzing through tests the nature of people to see how many will lie, and cheat or be honest. The article also talks about how only a very minute amount of people are completely honest, and have supreme integrity. While another small percent are the opposite, and if they want steal or to lie they have no morals about it. The article also speaks of the people that are mostly honest, but also will lie from time to time as the most destructive. I think that is because they are very unpredictable. I personally disagree with the article, with them saying that there is 1% percent of people who are entirely honest. I believe everyone lies! Even if only a little white lie from time to time. people do it!, and a lie is a lie no matter what. (Ariely 440-446)

2.) The purpose of paragraph ten, is to create an opening into paragraph eleven. By stating that we know that people will cheat, even if just a little! Now we want to know, what kinds of situations are there that will cause a person to cheat more, or less? (Ariely 442)

3.) I liked the quote, "The purpose of locks, the locksmith said, is to protect you from the 98% of mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock." (Ariely 440) The reason I liked this quote, is because in a big way it explains the entire article! That based on variations in day to day situations, and environments many people will be more likely to lie, cheat, or steal (or) to not lie, cheat, or steal.

 

                                                                           Works Cited.

Ariely, Dan. "Why We Lie." The Bedford Reader. 12th ed. Ed. John E. Sullivan. Boston: Bedford/St.

Martin's, 2014. 440-446. Print.


Here are the hyperlink's for the students I commented on.

http://garretthamlin1.blogspot.com/2016/01/1.html?showComment=1452325430791#c734493175558242311


http://therache.blogspot.com/2016/01/looking-at-why-we-lie-by-dan-ariely.html?showComment=1452326192824#c8316901590744802321