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Author Barnes, J. A. (John Arundel), 1918-2010.

Title A pack of lies : towards a sociology of lying / J.A. Barnes
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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 W'PONDS  177.3 Bar/Pol  DUE 03-04-24
Description xiv, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Series Themes in the social sciences
Themes in the social sciences.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- l. What is a lie? 2. Where lies are expected -- 3. Ambiguous domains -- 4. Science -- 5. Cultural diversity -- 6. Structural relations -- 7. Self-deception and connivance in deceit -- 8. Telling and detecting lies -- 9. Benign untruths: the discourse of fiction -- l0. Evaluations -- 11. Do we have to lie?
Analysis Ethics
Ethics
Ethics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-192) and index
Subject Deception -- Social aspects.
Deception.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
LC no. 93023455
ISBN 0521453763
0521459788