TY - BOOK ID - 2526848 TI - A pack of lies PY - 1994 VL - *7 SN - 0521459788 0521453763 9780521459785 0511520980 9780511520983 9780521453769 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Bedriegerij KW - Bedrog KW - Chicanery KW - Credibilite KW - Credibility KW - Deceit KW - Deception KW - Falsehood KW - Geloofwaardigheid KW - Insincerite KW - Leugen KW - Listen KW - Lying KW - Mensonge KW - Misleiding KW - Onoprechtheid KW - Ruses KW - Subterfuge KW - Tromperie KW - Truthfulness and falsehood KW - Untruthfulness KW - Vérité et mensonge KW - Waarheid en leugen KW - Deception. KW - Truthfulness and falsehood. KW - 800:159 KW - #SBIB:309H517 KW - Psycholinguistiek. Neurolinguistiek KW - Verbale communicatie: sociale psychologie van de taal en de interactie, psycholinguistiek KW - 800:159 Psycholinguistiek. Neurolinguistiek KW - Believability KW - Reliability KW - Truth KW - Honesty KW - Intrigue KW - Social aspects KW - Post-truth KW - Social Sciences KW - Sociology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2526848 AB - Defining lies as statements that are intended to deceive, this book considers the contexts in which people tell lies, how they are detected and sometimes exposed, and the consequences for the liars themselves, their dupes, and the wider society. The author provides examples from a number of cultures with distinctive religious and ethical traditions, and delineates domains where lying is the norm, domains that are ambiguous and the one domain (science) that requires truthtelling. He refers to experimental studies on children that show how, at an early age, they acquire the capactiy to lie and learn when it is appropriate to do so. He reviews how lying has been evaluated by moralists, examines why we do not regard novels as lies and relates the human capacity to lie to deceit among other animal species. He concludes that although there are, in all societies, good pragmatic reasons for not lying all the time, there are also strong reasons for lying some of the time. ER -