Lying and Christian ethics /

Lying and Christian ethics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tollefsen, Christopher, author.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description:	xii, 209 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New studies in Christian ethics ; 33 New studies in Christian ethics ; 33.
Subject:	Truthfulness and falsehood -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Christian ethics. Truthfulness and falsehood. Christian ethics. Truthfulness and falsehood. Truthfulness and falsehood -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9984320

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ISBN:	9781107061095 (hardback : alk. paper) 1107061091 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.

Table of Contents:

General editor's preface
Introduction
1. What is lying?
2. The Christian case against lying: Augustine and Aquinas
3. The Christian case for lying: Cassian, Bonhoeffer, and Niebuhr
4. Moral absolutes
5. Integrity, sociality, truth, and religion
6. Justice and the right to truth
7. The casuistry of truth-telling and deception
8. Lying for a good cause
Conclusion