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Bok, Sissela. Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
1978, Vintage Books.
Categories: Applied Ethics, Deception, Value Theory 
Keywords: falsehood, truthfulness

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Abstract: A thoughtful addition to the growing debate over public and private morality. Looks at lying and deception in law, family, medicine, government.

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Mary Midgley
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Philippa Foot
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