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Mistakes Were Made : Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Skeptical Inquirer, Nov-Dec, 2007 by Kendrick Frazier
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MISTAKES WERE MADE (BUT NOT BY ME): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts. Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. Harcourt, New York, 2007. 304 pp. Hardcover, $25. Social psychologists Carol Tavris (a CSI Fellow) and Elliott Aronson examine in this very readable book how the brain is wired for self-justification (see their Comment and Opinion column on the same topic in this issue). As they say, most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view but justify it even more tenaciously. We see it in politics all the time, but it appears to be a universal trait. We all do it to some degree. They begin with a chapter on cognitive dissonance, "the engine that drives self-justification," and continue providing valuable explanations of self-deception--how it works, the harm it can cause, and how you can overcome it.
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