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Lying

Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

By: Sissela Bok

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Lying

Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

By: Sissela Bok

Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private life—in government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends. Lying is a penetrating and thoughtful examination of one of the most pervasive yet little discussed aspects of our public and private lives. Beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, Sissela Bok takes up the justifications offered for all kinds of lies—white lies, lies to the sick and dying, lies of parents to children, lies to enemies, lies to protect clients and peers. The consequences of such lies are then explored through a number of concrete situations in which people are involved, either as liars or as the victims of a lie.

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Vintage

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030778911X

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9780307789112

Secrets

On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation

By: Sissela Bok

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On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation

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The author of Lying shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality.

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353

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Vintage

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030776172X

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9780307761729

Common Values

By: Sissela Bok

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Common Values

By: Sissela Bok

Bok argues that certain basic values can be shared cross-culturally without infringing on the richness of diversity and can provide a starting point for dialogue, negotiation, and cooperation. She takes a stand against the claim that respect for cultural diversity and respect for common values are mutually exclusive or somehow diminish one another.

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149

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University of Missouri Press

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0826210384

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9780826210388

Exploring Happiness

From Aristotle to Brain Science

By: Sissela Bok

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Exploring Happiness

From Aristotle to Brain Science

By: Sissela Bok

Examines the nature of happiness, discussing how it has been treated in philosophy and religion and by the modern disciplines of psychology, economics, and neurocience, and considers the place of individual happiness within the context of modern life.

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Yale University Press

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0300168438

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9780300168433

Secrets

On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation

By: Sissela Bok

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On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation

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The author of Lying shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality.

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Lying

Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

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Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

By: Gerald Dworkin,R. G. Frey,Sissela Bok

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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

By: Gerald Dworkin,R. G. Frey,Sissela Bok

The moral issues involved in doctors assisting patients to die with dignity are of absolutely central concern to the medical profession, ethicists, and the public at large. The debate is fuelled by cases that extend far beyond passive euthanasia to the active consideration of killing by physicians. The need for a sophisticated but lucid exposition of the two sides of the argument is now urgent. This book supplies that need. Two prominent philosophers, Gerald Dworkin and R. G. Frey present the case for legalization of physician-assisted suicide. One of the best-known ethicists in the US, Sissela Bok, argues the case against.

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174

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Cambridge University Press

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1316025462

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9781316025468

Exploring Happiness

From Aristotle to Brain Science

By: Sissela Bok

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From Aristotle to Brain Science

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Common Values

By: Sissela Bok

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Common Values

By: Sissela Bok

In Common Values, now with a new preface, Bok writes eloquently and clearly while combining moral theory with practical ethics, demonstrating how moral values apply to all facets of life--personal, professional, domestic, and international. Drawing on a great deal of historical material, Bok also includes in her examination consideration of the 1993 United Nations World Conference on Human Rights; the World Parliament of Religions; the publication of Veritatis Splendor, Pope John Paul II's proclamation on morality; and the International Commission of Global Governance. Bok's defense of shared morality addresses a crucial topic for our time.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826214258

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9780826214256

Alva Myrdal

A Daughter's Memoir

By: Sissela Bok

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Alva Myrdal

A Daughter's Memoir

By: Sissela Bok

Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), diplomat, feminist, and one of the founders of the Swedish welfare state, exemplifies in her extraordinary life the joys, the sorrows, and the achievements of women in our time. Her daughter shows us with unflinching candor how Myrdal struggled to attain in her private life the freedom and opportunity which she won for millions of other women.

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410

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Basic Books

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0201608154

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9780201608151

Book's by Sissela Bok

Lying

Lying

Secrets

Secrets

Common Values

Common Values

Exploring Happiness

Exploring Happiness

Secrets

Secrets

Lying

Lying

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Exploring Happiness

Exploring Happiness

Common Values

Common Values

Alva Myrdal

Alva Myrdal

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