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Most of us think we are about 15 per cent cleverer, nicer, more attractive and better drivers than others think we are. It seems deception begins at home. After all the most convincing liars convince themselves first. Sellers and buyers, parents and children, friends and lovers must conceal from each other the unutterable truth that they don’t believe or want the same things. In this book, Ziyad Marar throws a revealing light on the many ways deception is woven into the texture of human life: our wiring leaves us easily suckered by persuasive illusions, while our contradictory desires (for sex and honesty, money and kindness, for cake and losing weight) force us to cook up self-serving stories. We manage flattering impressions with effortless skill, while pretending our sins and self-indulgences are beyond our control. Drawing on insights from philosophy, psychology and literature Marar explores the implications for living well in the shadow of Kant’s humbling thought that “out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made”.

Deception. --- Self-deception. --- Deception --- Defense mechanisms (Psychology) --- Self-perception --- Chicanery --- Deceit --- Subterfuge --- Truthfulness and falsehood --- Intrigue --- Philosophical anthropology --- General ethics

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"Ziyad Marar shows how the happiness we seek remains highly elusive, and that much of the energy devoted to searching for it is wasted, even self-defeating. He argues that happiness is a deceptively simple idea that will always be elusive because it is based on a paradox: caught between the need for adventure or self-expression on the one hand and the hope of appreciation or belonging on the other we suffer perpetually from too much or too little. We are riven by conflict in wanting to feel good while simultaneously trying to be good. It is the conflict, for example, between the desire to break rules in order to feel free, and the need to follow rules in order to feel justified. These tensions permeate what Freud called the two central aspects of a happy life: love and work."--BOOK JACKET.

Happiness --- Love --- Work --- 159.9 --- CDL --- Work, Psychology of --- Affection --- Emotions --- First loves --- Friendship --- Intimacy (Psychology) --- Gladness --- Cheerfulness --- Contentment --- Pleasure --- Well-being --- Psychological aspects --- Philosophical anthropology --- Happiness. --- Psychological aspects.

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