Self-Deception and Morality

Name: Self-Deception and Morality
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ISBN: 9780700603534

ISBN-10: 0700603530

ISBN-13: 9780700603534

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mike W. Martin

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This book systematically explores the moral issues surrounding self-deception. While many articles and books have been written on the concept of self-deception in recent years, Martin's gives much greater emphasis to self-deception as a significant topic for both ethical theory and applied ethics."Self-deception is . . . perplexing from a moral point of view. It seems tailor-made to camouflage and foster immorality. . . . Does all self-deception involve some guilt, and is it among the most abhorrent evils. as some moralists and theologians have charged? Or is it only wrong sometimes, such as when it has bad consequences? Could it on occasion be permissible or even desirable to deceive…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 6/11/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Evading Self-Acknowledgment


Patterns of Evasion


Evasion and Acknowledgment


Paradox



Inner Hypocrisy


Explaining Wrongdoing


Derivative Wrong


Hypocrisy


Moral Weakness



Authenticity


Choosing Oneself


Freedom


Sincerity


Autonomy and Significant Truth



Moral Ambiguity


Moral Opacity


Mental Illness and Unconscious Defense


Determinism


Dimensions of Responsibility



Vital Lies


Beneficial Illusions and Destructive Disillusioners


Rationality


Faith, Hope, and Imagination


Honesty with Oneself


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index