A bold retelling of the history of lying in medieval and early modern Europe
Is it ever acceptable to lie? This question plays a surprisingly important role in the story of Europe's transition from medieval to modern society. According to many historians, Europe became modern when Europeans began to lie--that is, when they began to argue that it is sometimes acceptable to lie. This popular account offers a clear trajectory of historical progression from a medieval world of faith, in which every lie is sinful, to a more worldly early modern society in which lying becomes a permissible strategy for self-defense and self-advancement. Unfortunately, this story is wrong.
For medieval and early modern Christians, the problem of the lie was the problem of human existence itself. To ask "Is it ever acceptable to lie?" was to ask how we, as sinners, should live in a fallen world. As it turns out, the answer to that question depended on who did the asking. The Devil Wins uncovers the complicated history of lying from the early days of the Catholic Church to the Enlightenment, revealing the diversity of attitudes about lying by considering the question from the perspectives of five representative voices--the Devil, God, theologians, courtiers, and women. Examining works by Augustine, Bonaventure, Martin Luther, Madeleine de Scud ry, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and a host of others, Dallas G. Denery II shows how the lie, long thought to be the source of worldly corruption, eventually became the very basis of social cohesion and peace.
Автор: Hood, Christopher Lodge, Martin Название: The Politics of public service bargains ISBN: 019926967X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199269679 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 26796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Providing a novel, analytical perspective on executive government, this timely book examines recent public sector reform policies in a number of countries. The book exposes key dimensions of the relationship between public servants and the wider political system, examining both the formalized and the implicit understandings between the two.
Автор: Thiele, Leslie Paul. Название: Friedrich Nietzsche and the politics of the soul : ISBN: 0691020612 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691020617 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents an essay on the Nietzsche`s attempt to lead a heroic life as a philosopher, artist, saint, educator, and solitary. This book offers a conversation with Nietzsche rather than a consideration of the secondary literature.
Автор: Tollefsen Название: Lying and Christian Ethics ISBN: 1107061091 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107061095 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book defends the controversial `absolute view` that lying is always wrong. Whereas most people believe that lying for a good cause is morally acceptable, Tollefsen argues that Christians should support the absolute view, invoking Augustine and Aquinas to illustrate that lying violates the goods of integrity, sociality, religion, and truth.
Автор: Shiffrin Seana Valentine Название: Speech Matters: On Lying, Morality, and the Law ISBN: 0691173613 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691173610 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
To understand one another as individuals and to fulfill the moral duties that require such understanding, we must communicate with each other. We must also maintain protected channels that render reliable communication possible, a demand that, Seana Shiffrin argues, yields a prohibition against lying and requires protection for free speech. This book makes a distinctive philosophical argument for the wrong of the lie and provides an original account of its difference from the wrong of deception.
Drawing on legal as well as philosophical arguments, the book defends a series of notable claims--that you may not lie about everything to the "murderer at the door," that you have reasons to keep promises offered under duress, that lies are not protected by free speech, that police subvert their mission when they lie to suspects, and that scholars undermine their goals when they lie to research subjects.
Many philosophers start to craft moral exceptions to demands for sincerity and fidelity when they confront wrongdoers, the pressures of non-ideal circumstances, or the achievement of morally substantial ends. But Shiffrin consistently resists this sort of exceptionalism, arguing that maintaining a strong basis for trust and reliable communication through practices of sincerity, fidelity, and respecting free speech is an essential aspect of ensuring the conditions for moral progress, including our rehabilitation of and moral reconciliation with wrongdoers.
Автор: Peter Burnham; Karin Gilland Lutz; Wyn Grant Название: Research Methods in Politics ISBN: 0230019854 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230019850 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6148.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Klemens von Klemperer traces the many efforts of the German Resistance to forge alliances with Hitler`s opponents outside Germany. He uncovers the activities and beliefs of individual members, the formation of Resistance policies, their relations with the intelligence agencies of the Allied powers, and finally assesses the Resistance`s influence on the agenda of post-war international relations.
Автор: Green, Stuart P. Название: Lying, Cheating, and Stealing ISBN: 019922580X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199225804 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5938.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first book to take a comprehensive look at white collar criminal offenses from the perspective of moral and legal theory, focusing on the way in which key white-collar crimes such as fraud, perjury, bribery, extortion, insider trading, and tax evasion are shaped and informed by a range of familiar moral norms.
Автор: Tollefsen Название: Lying and Christian Ethics ISBN: 1107685680 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107685680 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3802.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book defends the controversial `absolute view` that lying is always wrong. Whereas most people believe that lying for a good cause is morally acceptable, Tollefsen argues that Christians should support the absolute view, invoking Augustine and Aquinas to illustrate that lying violates the goods of integrity, sociality, religion, and truth.
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