Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me):
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad
Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Elliot
Aronson
It Was Just A Glitch?
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the
parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the
endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in
others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the
stories we tell?
Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose,
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of
self-deception—how it works, the harm it can cause, and how we can
overcome it.

Personal Review: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We
Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Elliot
Aronson
This book will help you to discover some of your own misguided ways of
thinking. We are all subject to self justification even in the face of evidence
to the contrary. Most of the time we don't even realize we are suffering
from such cognitive dissonance. We defend our actions and decisions
even though they may be wrong just because we don't want to admit we
are wrong, and the more we are accused the more we dig in, without even
realizing what we are really doing.
The book only gives a little advice on how you might overcome such
limitations, but the fact that the book can make you aware of them and that
awareness is the main focus of the book, makes it a five star read.
I can see how some people might feel it has a slight liberal bent, but this is
very slight. What I find very amusing is the people trashing the book for
being biased and liberal suffer from the same cognitive dissonance the
book discusses! How ironic!
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