Timeline for Have any philosophers treated prevarication as morally equivalent to lying?
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| Dec 27, 2018 at 15:21 | comment | added | bdsl | The counter-example I'm aware of is theologians and others who make a distinction between lying and mental reservation. | |
| Feb 17, 2012 at 20:35 | comment | added | Mitch | Except that most legal codes (and child logic) work by the letter of what is said, rather than reading between the lines. Philosophy may be right, but intention to mislead is very debatable (because you can't judge anything but what -is- literal. | |
| Feb 12, 2012 at 17:23 | vote | accept | commando | ||
| Feb 12, 2012 at 17:23 | comment | added | commando | Wow, when you put it that way, the answer seems incredibly obvious. I can't imagine why it's taken me this long to realize it... | |
| Feb 12, 2012 at 10:57 | history | answered | Michael Dorfman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |