Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Sitting too long in front of a screen proves both physically and psychologically debilitating, no matter how innocuous or even beneficial the programs may… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Are people the best judges of their own happiness, or outsiders? In defining happiness, should we think of entire lives or of shorter periods… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Psychologists have found that we are more likely, in looking back at our lives, to remember high points and dramatic shifts in far greater… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Confidentiality refers to the boundaries surrounding shared secrets and to the process of guarding these boundaries. While confidentiality protects much that is not in… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Empathy and fellow feeling form the very basis of morality. The capacities for empathy, for feeling responsibility toward others and for reaching out to… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of pleasure that… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
