Lying : Moral Choice in Public and Private Life

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Title Lying : Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
Publication Type Book
Pub Year 1979
Authors Bok, S.
Publisher Knopf Publishing Group
Keywords deception
Notes deception"Self-defensive lies can permeate all one does, so that life turns into 'living a lie.' Professionals involved in collective practices of deceit give up all ordinary assumptions about their own honesty and that of others." (p. 79)