| Description |
241 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The New Social and Moral Paradigm -- The Manipulation of Truth by Society -- Society's Pseudomyths and Their Victims -- Lying, an Adaptive Strategy -- Self-deception -- Types of Liars and Their Techniques of Persuasion -- Trust versus Envy -- How to Catch a Liar. |
| Summary |
One of the most puzzling problems of our time is society's changing attitude toward truth and lying. Are we experiencing the breaking down of our moral values as many ethicists claim or are we confronted with a new moral paradigm? Serban explores the new moral relativism within the context of the unprecedented social-political and technological advances of the last decades. With the classical values under siege, a new concept of right and wrong has emerged based on a blurred distinction between truth and falsehood. Many forms of lying are considered subjective truth. Political correctness and spinning are part of the social interaction promoted by lawyers, politicians, activist judges, media, among others. |
| Subject |
Truthfulness and falsehood.
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Truthfulness and falsehood. (OCoLC)fst01158255
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Liegen.
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Moraal.
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Sozialverhalten.
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Ehrlichkeit.
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Sozialanthropologie.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Serban, George, 1926- Lying. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001 (OCoLC)988914994 |
| ISBN |
0275972267 (alk. paper) |
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9780275972264 (alk. paper) |
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