Seeing through Self-Deception

Download or read book Seeing through Self-Deception written by Annette Barnes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it to deceive someone? And how is it possible to deceive oneself? Does self-deception require that people be taken in by a deceitful strategy that they know is deceitful? The literature is divided between those who argue that self-deception is intentional and those who argue that it is nonintentional. In this study, Annette Barnes offers a challenge to both the standard characterization of the deception of others and current characterizations of self-deception, examining the available explanations and exploring such questions as the self-deceiver's false consciousness, bias, and the irrationality of self-deception.