Annotated Bibliography: We 'Re All Lying Liars'

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It’s All About Me: Annotated Bibliography Boser, Ulrich. (2009). We’re All Lying Liars: Why People Tell Lies, and Why White Lies Can Be Ok. U.S. News. Retrieved from http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/05/18/were-all-lying-liars-why-people-tell-lies-and-why-white-lies-can-b This article begins with an overview of how little white lies are completely harmless. It is explained that lying begins early in our lives. Most children know how to fib by the age of three. By the time humans are six, most lie about a few times a day. Experts believe that children learn to lie by imitating their parents. As lies begin to grow into more life-altering changes, they become another example of humans…show more content…
Are we programmed to care primarily for self, relatives and survival or to sacrifice for the strength of survival of our “group?” This question can be dated back to as early as Charles Darwin, August Comte and Richard Dawkins. Grossman adds that Richard Dawkins believed that people of evolution are the selfish ones and that altruism must be taught. This is saying that we as humans are born into a word of greed and deceit, but must learn to share and unite with others. Although both sides are argued throughout the article, it is not known which side is correct and the question will still continue to be a subject of numerous scientists and psychologists over the…show more content…
He says that when we are babies one of our first instincts is to obtain food. To get food we depend on others to get it for us by crying and Lee describes that as a very basic level of selfishness. Lee also mentions that our view of the world is also very self-centered. As an infant, you’re unaware of the full scope of the world around you. All you know is you and your needs. He says that as we grow older we are taught to tailor some of our actions to minimize their negative effects on others, as long as our needs are still being met. Lee describes that as the root of selfishness. When he answers the question to the title of the article of whether we’re born good or evil he says, “It’s neither, we are born selfish”. This article provides interesting incite and examples for how humans are born
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