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Showing posts with label Grotius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grotius. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

The Grotius view of lying

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Grotius had a weird view: it is never permissible to lie, but “for purposes of natural law”, only assertions to people who had a right to th...
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Monday, January 27, 2020

Lying and the right to the truth

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Some people say that a lie is an assertion contrary to one’s mind to someone who has a right to the truth. Grotius introduced this, but Grot...
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