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Lying: an Augustinian theology of duplicity, c.1-3

Most people would agree that compulsive lying is a "sickness." In his provocative Lying, Paul Griffiths suggests that consistent truth telling might evoke a similar response. After all, isn't unremitting honesty often associated with stupidity, insanity, and fanatical sainthood? Drawing from Augustine's writings, and contrasting them with the work of other Christian and non-Christian thinkers, Griffiths deals with the two great questions concerning lying: What is it to lie? When, if ever, should or may a lie be told? Examining Augustine's answers to these questions, Griffiths grapples with the difficulty of those answers while rendering them more accessible...

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241.673 GRI l.1-3
Publisher
Grand Rapids : Brazos Press.,
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254p.; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
1-58743-086-X
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241.673
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TRUTHFULNESS - CHRISTIAN ETHICS
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