Prosocial lies, or lies intended to benefit others, are ubiquitous behaviors that have important social and economic consequences. Though emotions play a central role in many forms of prosocial behavior, no work has investigated how emotions influence behavior when one has the opportunity to tell a prosocial lie-a situation that presents a conflict between two prosocial ethics: lying to prevent...

Lying is typically considered as a morally salient phenomenon in existing research. In this article we seek to expand the understanding of lying and deception socially situated phenomena. We draw on qualitative interview data from larger project everyday experiences living with dementia examine how carers people describe, explain justify care practices that involve use untruth some way. find fr...

Although pathological lying was first described in the medical literature over 100 years ago, it remains a poorly understood concept. Psychiatrists continue to grapple with the full ramifications of the condition, even though interest specifically in pathological lying seems to have waned in recent times. The impact of pathological lying deserves critical attention from forensic psychiatrists b...