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9780199577415

Lying and Deception Theory and Practice

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-06-25
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Thomas Carson offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of moral and conceptual questions about lying and deception. Part I addresses conceptual questions and offers definitions of lying, deception, and related concepts such as withholdin

Author Biography


Thomas L. Carson is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of two books, Value and the Good Life (University of Notre Dame Press) and The Status of Morality (D.Reidel), and is the co-editor of Morality and the Good Life (OUP) and Moral Relativism (OUP).

Table of Contents

Introduction and Precis
Concepts
Lying
Deception and Related Concepts
Moral Theory
A. Normative Ethical Theory
Kant and the Absolute Prohibition Against Lying
Act-Utilitarianism
Ross and Rule-Consequentialism
B. Moral Reasoning
The Golden Rule and a Theory of Moral Reasoning
C. The Implications of II A and II B for the Questions about Lying and Deception
The Partial Overlap/Convergence of Reasonable Views
Applications
Deception and Withholding Information in Sales
Deception in Advertising
Bluffing and Deception in Negotiations
Honesty, Professionals, and the Vulnerability of the Public
Lying and Deception About Questions of War and Peace: Case Studies
Honesty, Conflicts, and the Telling of History: More Case Studies
Honesty as a Virtue
Bibliography
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