PHILOS 4 Lecture 6: 6th lecture
7 Feb 2016
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Kupfer = a contemporary author (philosophy department in university) Account for why it is that lying is wrong (moral presumption against. Classic accounts haven"t accounted for this question (kant, lying) Kupfer asks what harm does it do when i lie to you, or when you lie to (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) You change the way someone thinks about things. You are violating that person"s right to know the truth. Classic example of information not being someone else"s to know. Ex) alice is dating bob for a while. Alice doesn"t see it working out since she"s taller than he. She lies to him and says there"s other reasons as to why she doesn"t want to be with him. Unwritten rule that cancels out the expectation to hear the truth: if he believes her, he is harmed (cid:1) (cid:1) certain kind of consequence) Kupfer"s argument on lying. (consequential; wrong because it causes a.
