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: Michaelson Eliot Название: Lying ISBN: 0198743963 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198743965 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12830.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first dedicated collection of philosophical essays on the topic of lying. Interdisciplinary in approach, it explores how a better understanding of language can inform the study of knowledge, ethics, or politics. Written primarily for researchers and graduate students in philosophy, it also accessible to readers from other disciplines.
Автор: Nobre Kia, Kastner Sabine Название: The Oxford Handbook of Attention ISBN: 0199675112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199675111 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15838.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: During the last three decades, there have been great advances in our understanding of the neural mechanisms of selective attention, at the network as well as the cellular level. The Oxford Handbook of Attention brings together the different research areas that make up contemporary attention research into one comprehensive and authoritative volume.
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: 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.
Описание: The book covers lies told in business and politics, lies among friends, lies between dates, married couples, and family members, as well as lies we tell our ourselves.
Описание: Bridges the gap within current philosophical scholarship by painstakingly examining the non-religious argument as found within the philosopher Thomas Aquinas. In the process the author advances a novel claim: the traditional account against homosexual activity also applies to untruthful assertive speech acts.
Автор: Carson Thomas L. Название: Lying and Deception: Theory and Practice ISBN: 0199577412 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199577415 Издательство: Oxford Academ Цена: 9187.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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.
Автор: Dancygier Название: The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics ISBN: 1107118441 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107118447 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 24394.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive survey of the quickly developing discipline of cognitive linguistics, its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. Providing an accessible overview of research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook places linguistic facts in the context of gesture studies, neuroscience, computational approaches, and many other fields.
Автор: Harris Sam Название: Lying ISBN: 1940051002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781940051000 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2057.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption--even murder and genocide--generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, best-selling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie. He focuses on white lies--those lies we tell for the purpose of sparing people discomfort--for these are the lies that most often tempt us. And they tend to be the only lies that good people tell while imagining that they are being good in the process.
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