The Trueman Show

The trueman show is a wonderful account for why it is that even when deceptions are unmasked, many of us sometimes are unwilling to let them go. To challenge those self deceptions means also challenging the relationships that have become vitally important to us. In some ways, if in some way, self deception is truly intended for the benefit of the person whom you're intending to deceive, or for your own good, there's an argument to be made for it. The doctor who basically withholds from the terminal patient the fact that she is going to die in two weeks time, i would argue that that doctor is not doing the unethical thing.