Lying
Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
by Sissela Bok · first published 1978
3mentions
2recommended by
2HN commenters
2019–2024first – last mentioned
100% recommend
Examines the moral questions of lying, whether it is ever justifiable and the consequences of such lies both in public and private life.
Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Moral-Choice-Public-Private/dp/... Lying by Bok
on “Ask HN: One Book you recommend reading before end of the year” ↗…to a brief review of a recently published collection of essays; however, there's a table of contents and an abstract for each essay in the book itself available here[1]. I picked up Sissela Bok's book Lying[2] a few years ago. While in someways it echoes the old "categorical imperative" argument (lying is wrong because you wouldn't want to live in a world where everyone routinely lies) I found it to be much…
on “On Lying” ↗…(https://ssi.inc/). I'd love to be a fly-on-the-wall for THOSE discussions :-) I spend a lot of time studying the ethics question. I'm curious how such an AI SuperEgo would handle Sissela Bok's book on Lying (ISBN 978-0375705281). Though her book is about Moral, not Ethical, choice it would still be an interesting challenge for an AI SuperEgo. (my working definitions: Morals: The rules you choose to live…
on “AI Ethics (comment on ideas from MIT's Coeckelbergh book)” ↗