{"product_id":"the-moral-illusion-the-rise-of-performative-morality-and-the-death-of-honesty-paperback","title":"The Moral Illusion: The Rise of Performative Morality and the Death of Honesty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenn Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Moral Illusion\u003c\/strong\u003e is a deep and unsettling investigation into the collapse of honesty, conscience, and inner truth in the modern world - not through violence or tyranny, but through the far more seductive pull of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age obsessed with optics, belonging, and curated identity, morality has become a stage play. Outrage is currency. Virtue is costume. And the audience is always watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn Davies delivers a piercing critique of our cultural moment, where people no longer act from inner principle but from tribal scripts designed to gain safety, applause, or approval. He exposes how morality has been slowly displaced by the performance of morality - where our instincts are filtered, softened, and rebranded to suit the dominant emotion of the group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book travels through many uncomfortable but necessary terrains: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe psychology of betrayal and why friends turn on each other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rise of public shame and the illusion of collective virtue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy silence now feels safer than truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe death of the inner life in a world addicted to being seen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe social incentives that quietly erode conscience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe difference between moral action and moral branding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd how we came to fear being misunderstood more than being dishonest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years of cultural observation, behavioural insight, and lived experience, Davies doesn't just dissect others - he interrogates himself. What remains of the self when everything becomes audience-facing? When identity is rehearsed? When doubt is forbidden? When agreement becomes survival?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Moral Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e is not about monsters. It's not about villains. It's about us - the ordinary, the well-meaning, the publicly good. It's about how we lose ourselves not through malice, but through the slow, daily rehearsal of acceptable emotion and filtered belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal and honest, philosophical yet accessible, \u003cem\u003eThe Moral Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to anyone who has ever felt the weight of pretending - and asks what might be possible if we stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's about something far more terrifying: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe slow death of conscience through constant performance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377602126131,"sku":"9781764134408","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/zxW4iwt_-d9781764134408.webp?v=1779325961","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-moral-illusion-the-rise-of-performative-morality-and-the-death-of-honesty-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}