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2 - Lies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2019

Gary Chartier
Gary Chartier
Affiliation:
La Sierra University, California
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Liberals rightly value truth and truthfulness. But natural law theories frequently treat any choice to lie as an attack on flourishing, and this apparently extreme position might seem to make natural law theory a poor fit with liberalism. Chapter 2 emphasizes that, while there are good reasons to object to lying, an attractive reading of natural law theory might allow for the moral acceptability of a limited range of lies.

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lyingfriendshipintegritynatural lawChristopher D. TollefsenGermain GrisezJohn FinnisMark C. Murphy
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Flourishing Lives
Exploring Natural Law Liberalism
 , pp. 69 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Lies
  • Gary Chartier, La Sierra University, California
  • Book: Flourishing Lives
  • Online publication: 24 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108675253.003
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  • Lies
  • Gary Chartier, La Sierra University, California
  • Book: Flourishing Lives
  • Online publication: 24 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108675253.003
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  • Lies
  • Gary Chartier, La Sierra University, California
  • Book: Flourishing Lives
  • Online publication: 24 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108675253.003
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