Lying, Misleading, and What is Said - Jennifer Mather Saul

Lying, Misleading, and What is Said

An Exploration in Philosophy of Language and in Ethics
Buch | Hardcover
162 Seiten
2012
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-960368-8 (ISBN)
99,75 inkl. MwSt
Jennifer Saul presents a close analysis of the distinction between lying to others and misleading them, which sheds light on key debates in philosophy of language and tackles the widespread moral preference for misleading over lying. She establishes a new view on the moral significance of the distinction, and explores a range of historical cases.
Many people (both philosophers and not) find it very natural to think that deceiving someone in a way that avoids lying--by merely misleading--is morally preferable to simply lying. Others think that this preference is deeply misguided. But all sides agree that there is a distinction. In Lying, Misleading, and What is Said, Jennifer Saul undertakes a close examination of the lying/misleading distinction. Saul begins by using this very intuitive distinction to shed new light on entrenched debates in philosophy of language over notions like what is said. Next, she tackles the puzzling but widespread moral preference for misleading over lying, and arrives at a new view regarding the moral significance of the distinction. Finally, Saul draws her conclusions together to examine a range of historically important and interesting cases, from a consideration of modern politicians to the early Jesuits.

Jennifer Saul is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. She works in Philosophy of Language, Feminist Philosophy and Philosophy of Psychology. She is especially interested in finding ways that philosophical debates (like that over what is said) connect up with real-world concerns (like lying and misleading). And she likes nothing better than an excuse to discuss political scandals in great detail. She is also the author of Simple Sentences, Substitution, and Intuitions (Oxford University Press 2007) and Feminism: Issues and Arguments (Oxford University press 2003). She is Director of the Implicit Bias and Philosophy Research Network.

1. Lying ; 2. The Problem of What is Said ; 3. What is Said ; 4. Is Lying Worse than Merely Misleading? ; 5. Some Interesting Cases ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.10.2012
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 222 mm
Gewicht 338 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10 0-19-960368-5 / 0199603685
ISBN-13 978-0-19-960368-8 / 9780199603688
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