The history and practice of lying in public life

Peters, Michael A.

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Peters, M. A. (2015). The history and practice of lying in public life. Review of Contemporary Philosophy, 14, 47–62.

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This paper provides an introduction to the history and practice of lying in public life. The paper argues that such an approach is required to balance the emphasis on truth and truth-telling. Truth and lies, truth-telling and the practice of lying are concepts of binary opposition that help define one another. The paper reviews Foucault’s work on truth-telling before analysing the “culture of lying” and its relation to public life by focusing on Arendt’s work.

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2015

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This is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Review of Contemporary Philosophy.

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