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Lying, Misleading, and What is Said

2012-10-25 Philosophy
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Release : 2012-10-25
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Book Synopsis Lying, Misleading, and What is Said by : Jennifer Mather Saul

Download or read book Lying, Misleading, and What is Said written by Jennifer Mather Saul. This book was released on 2012-10-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennifer Saul presents a close analysis of the distinction between lying to others and misleading them, which sheds light on key debates in philosophy of language and tackles the widespread moral preference for misleading over lying. She establishes a new view on the moral significance of the distinction, and explores a range of historical cases.

Lying and Deception

2010-04-29 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
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Release : 2010-04-29
Genre : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
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Book Rating : 412/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lying and Deception by : Thomas L. Carson

Download or read book Lying and Deception written by Thomas L. Carson. This book was released on 2010-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of moral and conceptual questions about lying and deception. Carson argues that there is a moral presumption against lying and deception that causes harm, he examines case-studies from business, politics, and history, and he offers a qualified defence of the view that honesty is a virtue.

Lying

2018-10-04 Philosophy
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Release : 2018-10-04
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Lying by : Eliot Michaelson

Download or read book Lying written by Eliot Michaelson. This book was released on 2018-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers have been thinking about lying for several thousand years, yet this topic has only recently become a central area of academic interest for philosophers of language, epistemologists, ethicists, and political philosophers. Lying: Language, Knowledge, Ethics, Politics provides the first dedicated collection of philosophical essays on the emerging topic of lying. Adopting an inter-subdisciplinary approach, this volume breaks new methodological ground in exploring the ways that a better understanding of language can inform the study of knowledge, ethics, or politics - and vice-versa. How can we lie when it is unclear what exactly we believe, or when we have contradictory beliefs? Can corporations lie, and if so how? Is lying always wrong, or always at least prima facie wrong? What can one learn from a liar? Can we lie to mindless machines? These engaging questions and many more are explored at length in this accessible reference text.

How to Lie with Statistics

2010-12-07 Mathematics
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Release : 2010-12-07
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Rating : 875/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis How to Lie with Statistics by : Darrell Huff

Download or read book How to Lie with Statistics written by Darrell Huff. This book was released on 2010-12-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to outsmart a crook, learn his tricks—Darrell Huff explains exactly how in the classic How to Lie with Statistics. From distorted graphs and biased samples to misleading averages, there are countless statistical dodges that lend cover to anyone with an ax to grind or a product to sell. With abundant examples and illustrations, Darrell Huff’s lively and engaging primer clarifies the basic principles of statistics and explains how they’re used to present information in honest and not-so-honest ways. Now even more indispensable in our data-driven world than it was when first published, How to Lie with Statistics is the book that generations of readers have relied on to keep from being fooled.

The Virtues of Mendacity

2010-05-10 Political Science
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Release : 2010-05-10
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Virtues of Mendacity by : Martin Jay

Download or read book The Virtues of Mendacity written by Martin Jay. This book was released on 2010-05-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Michael Dukakis accused George H. W. Bush of being the "Joe Isuzu of American Politics" during the 1988 presidential campaign, he asserted in a particularly American tenor the near-ancient idea that lying and politics (and perhaps advertising, too) are inseparable, or at least intertwined. Our response to this phenomenon, writes the renowned intellectual historian Martin Jay, tends to vacillate—often impotently—between moral outrage and amoral realism. In The Virtues of Mendacity, Jay resolves to avoid this conventional framing of the debate over lying and politics by examining what has been said in support of, and opposition to, political lying from Plato and St. Augustine to Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss. Jay proceeds to show that each philosopher’s argument corresponds to a particular conception of the political realm, which decisively shapes his or her attitude toward political mendacity. He then applies this insight to a variety of contexts and questions about lying and politics. Surprisingly, he concludes by asking if lying in politics is really all that bad. The political hypocrisy that Americans in particular periodically decry may be, in Jay’s view, the best alternative to the violence justified by those who claim to know the truth.

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