PHI 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sissela Bok
26 Apr 2019
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Last resort (all alternatives to the lie have been exhausted) Passes the publicity test (when you would be willing to have people you respect know you told the lie. Passes the personal soul-searching test (if you would be willing to have the lie told to you) Loss of a love due to a lie. Answer me, i implore you--- or you won"t be acting in accordance with your own imperative (p. 177). Love must be esteem for the other"s character . Reticence with honesty is a mere lack of frankness. Because it harms the dignity of humanity in oneself. If this is the case with herbert, she has acted immorally. Either she regrets doing her duty or she reproaches herself appropriately(p. 177). Distinction between saying not-p" and not saying p" . Now, doing her duty is too easy . When one"s desires are counter to duty, they present an obstacle to morality.
