Our buggy moral code - Dan Ariely
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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.
Explain why you feel less guilty about taking a pen from your office compared to ten cents from the petty cash pile.
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