Why We Think It’s OK to Cheat and Steal (sometimes)
Music Video of the Week, 17 Jan 2011
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we’re predictably irrational — and can be influenced in ways we can’t grasp.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdsTizSxSI
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