Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation - Softcover
Shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality.
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We live in a society where almost every person and institution has closely guarded secrets. What kind of moral issues do these raise for individuals and for society?
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Sissela Bok is a senior visiting fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Previously, she was a professor of philosophy at Brandeis Univeristy. She is the author of Lying: Moral Choice in Private and Public Life; Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation; A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War; Alva Myrdal: A Daughter’s Memoir; Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment; Common Values; and Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science. A former member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Bok is a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0679724737
- ISBN 13 9780679724735
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- Number of pages352
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