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Why Be Honest? by Ben Bayer

Why Be Honest? by Ben Bayer

Update: 2019-11-20
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We live in an age in which fabricated stories pulse through social media, fashionable startup companies are founded on swindles and, of course, politicians of all stripes routinely lie. Whatever happened to the idea that honesty is the best policy? Most people would recognize honesty as an obvious example of a moral virtue, but the idea of being honest on principle strikes many people as a burdensome duty they owe to other people, which is sometimes too impractical to stick to consistently.











Is honesty really just a duty we owe to others? What does it mean to be honest and why should we bother being honest at all? 











Join Ben Bayer to explore one of life’s big questions: Why be honest?
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Why Be Honest? by Ben Bayer

Why Be Honest? by Ben Bayer

Ayn Rand Institute