Description - Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the
parade of public figures unable to own up when they make mistakes?
Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see
hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really
believe the stories we tell?
Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a
compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we
make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our
feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of
responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right – a
belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong.
Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic
prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating
explanation of self-deception – how it works, the harm it can cause, and
how we can overcome it.
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