Name: Our buggy moral code
Uploaded: 2009-03-17T01:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 3 s
Description: 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.

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.

Dan Ariely: Our buggy moral code

Our buggy moral code

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