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Lying : moral choice in public and private life / Sissela Bok.
- Title
- Lying : moral choice in public and private life / Sissela Bok.
- Author
- Bok, Sissela
- Publication
- New York : Vintage Books, c1999.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c.2 | Text | Request in advance | BJ1421 .B65 1999 c.2 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxxiv, 326 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- A thoughtful addition to the growing debate over public and private morality. Looks at lying and deception in law, family, medicine, government.
- Subject
- Note
- "With a new preface by the author"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-315) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Is the "whole truth" attainable? -- Truthfulness, deceit, and trust -- Never to lie? -- Weighing the conseuences -- White lies -- Excuses -- Justification -- Lies in a crisis -- Lying to liars -- Lying to enemiess -- Lies protecting peers and clients -- Lies for the public good -- Deceptive social science research -- Paternalistic lies -- Lies to the sick and dying -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Excerpts from works by Augustine, Aquinas, Bacon, Grotius, Kant, Sidgwick, Harrod, Bonhoeffer, and Warnock.
- ISBN
- 0375705287
- OCLC
- 42786496
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library