Cooperating with lies could be shown by the TV show Survivor. Survivor is a reality game show where contestants are isolated in the wilderness. There are two (sometimes three) tribes of contestants who will perform challenges and compete against each other for cash and prizes. After the competition, the losing tribe has to vote out a member of their team. For some players, voting out another player can take some technique and strategy. A player will deceive the other players of his/her real intentions in order to get what he/she wants. When the other players give in to this person’s tricks then they are cooperating with the lie. During the game there are hidden immunity idols on the island, and clues about the location of these idols. During individual immunity challenges, the winner will sometimes get an extra clue for the immunity idol. It is then up to that player’s digression if he/she wants to share the clue. This player will sometimes give false clues to his/her tribe members. This player is lying for his/her own benefit. The game of Survivor exhibits the idea that Dan Ariely had in the TEDTalk “Our Buggy Moral Code”. Cheating is a simple cost-benefit analysis. Ariely’s research has shown that a lot of people cheat only a little bit as compared to what was expected that a little amount of people cheat a lot. As seen on Survivor there are some who cheat a little bit by giving lies about the clues, and there are some people who lie almost every time he/she speaks. Either way, a lie is a lie and in this case it is a lie that is meant for personal gain.
Ariely, Dan. "Our Buggy Moral Code." TED2009. 7 Feb. 2009. Lecture.
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