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Hypocrisy: Why do People Often say One Thing and do Another?
Why do we profess one thing but do another? Is hypocrisy part of the human condition?
Do as I say, not as I do. No-one likes a hypocrite, and we like being accused of hypocrisy even less. Yet most of us are hypocritical to some degree. So why do we profess one thing but do another? How far is hypocrisy part of the human condition? And what would a world be like without it? Mike Williams presenting.
Produced by Ben Crighton
(Photo: Hypocrisy Sign. Credit to Shutterstock)
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