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Lying and Christian Ethics Tollefsen Hardback Cambridge University Press

Lying and Christian Ethics

Defends Augustine and Aquinas' controversial 'absolute view' of lying: it is always wrong, even when for a good cause.

Christopher O. Tollefsen (Author)

9781107061095, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 April 2014

220 pages

23.5 x 15.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'\u2026 the book offers a serious and sustained theological look at the real consequences of lying from the viewpoint of Catholic moral theology \u2026 Recommended.' A. W. Klink, Choice

This book defends the controversial 'absolute view' of lying, which maintains that an assertion contrary to the speaker's mind is always wrong, regardless of the speaker's intentions. Whereas most people believe that a lie told for a good cause, such as protecting Jews from discovery by Nazis, is morally acceptable, Christopher Tollefsen argues that Christians should support the absolute view. He looks back to the writings of Augustine and Aquinas to illustrate that lying violates the basi]

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Lying and Christian Ethics Tollefsen Hardback Cambridge University Press

Lying and Christian Ethics

Defends Augustine and Aquinas' controversial 'absolute view' of lying: it is always wrong, even when for a good cause.

Christopher O. Tollefsen (Author)

9781107061095, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 April 2014

220 pages

23.5 x 15.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'\u2026 the book offers a serious and sustained theological look at the real consequences of lying from the viewpoint of Catholic moral theology \u2026 Recommended.' A. W. Klink, Choice

This book defends the controversial 'absolute view' of lying, which maintains that an assertion contrary to the speaker's mind is always wrong, regardless of the speaker's intentions. Whereas most people believe that a lie told for a good cause, such as protecting Jews from discovery by Nazis, is morally acceptable, Christopher Tollefsen argues that Christians should support the absolute view. He looks back to the writings of Augustine and Aquinas to illustrate that lying violates the basi]

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Lying and Christian Ethics

Defends Augustine and Aquinas' controversial 'absolute view' of lying: it is always wrong, even when for a good cause.

Christopher O. Tollefsen (Author)

9781107061095, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 April 2014

220 pages

23.5 x 15.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'\u2026 the book offers a serious and sustained theological look at the real consequences of lying from the viewpoint of Catholic moral theology \u2026 Recommended.' A. W. Klink, Choice

This book defends the controversial 'absolute view' of lying, which maintains that an assertion contrary to the speaker's mind is always wrong, regardless of the speaker's intentions. Whereas most people believe that a lie told for a good cause, such as protecting Jews from discovery by Nazis, is morally acceptable, Christopher Tollefsen argues that Christians should support the absolute view. He looks back to the writings of Augustine and Aquinas to illustrate that lying violates the basi]

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