I've been reading "Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)" by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. My daughter recommended it to me and I finally got around to reading

I've been reading "Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)" by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. My daughter recommended it to me and I finally got around to reading it. The main thesis is that everyone is prone to self-justification, which is an umbrella under which one finds motivated reasoning, projection, and so forth. It belabors its points a bit, but it's a good read, and seems relevant to this thread.