TED : Our Buggy Moral Code
March 21st, 2009
I always enjoy learning more about human behavior. So this presentation by Dan Ariely at TED was very enjoyable.
Spoilers:
What I found the most interesting was the social aspect of cheating. When someone in our group does it and gets away with it we are encouraged to cheat. But when someone we consider to be an outsider cheats we decrease the amount we cheat.
I wonder if there is a way to find out if basketball and football players are less likely to use performance enhancing drugs since so many baseball players have done it and gotten cought.