Don’t Lie! . . . Why Not?: How to Argue for Truthfulness in Medical Practice
You have lied! You are a liar! This is one of the most serious moral offences one can be blamed for. Augustine even regards lying as the fundamental moral offence and identifies it with sin and evil in general. For Augustine and Kant, lying is in itself morally reprehensible and not justifiable at a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2012
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-187 |
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| Summary: | You have lied! You are a liar! This is one of the most serious moral offences one can be blamed for. Augustine even regards lying as the fundamental moral offence and identifies it with sin and evil in general. For Augustine and Kant, lying is in itself morally reprehensible and not justifiable at all. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180111000685 |