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Lying is a penetrating and thoughtful examination of one of the most pervasive yet little discussed aspects of our public and private lives. Chan school of public health, provided a nuanced view on how lies and secrets in politics have impacted public trust and the 2016 election. I went into it thinking i had a solid understanding of communications and what telling the truth was. S issela bok, a writer and philosopher, is a senior visiting fellow at the harvard center for population and development studies. Sissela bok was born in sweden and educated in switzerland and france before coming to the united states. Lying remains in print today, nearly thirty years after its initial publication, and is widely used in the classroom. Moral choice in public and private life critical essays. This book explores the ethics of lying, motivations for lying, and in which scenarios that. Its continuing broad readership pays tribute to the book s lucidity and good sense. Moral choice in public and private life when we undertake to deceive others intentionally, we communicate messages meant to mislead them, meant to make them believe what we ourselves do not believe. Sissela boks lying is a wellwritten book about an obviously interesting subject, deception, and when and under what circumstances it should be employed. Beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, sissela bok takes up the justifications offered for all kinds of lieswhite lies, lies to the sick and dying, lies of parents to.
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Sissela bok born sissela myrdal on 2 december 1934 is a swedishborn american philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two nobel prize winners. Apr 27, 2011 beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, sissela bok takes up the justifications offered for all kinds of lieswhite lies, lies to the sick and dying, lies of parents to children, lies to enemies, lies to protect clients and peers. What, she asks you, would it be like to live in a world in which truthtelling was not the common practice. Moral choice in public and private life 9780375705281 by bok, sissela and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Unless stopped, government leaders will have free rein to manipulate and distort the facts and thus escape accountability to the public. It is rare to read a book, where the author is critical of society because of thier choice to allow. Beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, sissela bok takes up the justifications offered for all kinds of lieswhite lies, lies to the sick and dying, lies of parents. Moral choice in public and private life by sissela bok online at alibris uk. Everyone has dealt with liars, and everyone has lied. Sissela bok on lying and moral choice in private and public life an. Well, the subject of lying connects for me, very much, with all of communication, and the amazing thing that we human beings do communicate, in fact, with one another rather well. While i did find the topic interesting, i do believe that the conclusions would be different had the author taken another perspective into account, stop the ones she discusses within her book. Beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, sissela bok takes up the justifications offered for all kinds of lieswhite lies, lies to the sick and dying, lies of parents to children, lies to enemies, lies to protect clients and peers.
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