TY  - JOUR
AB  - Seeking to clarify the concept of lying, I deal with several topics on which ideas vary. I consider the symbolic, intentional, misleading, and relational character of lies, and include secrecy and other forms of deliberate deception within lies on the basis of these components. Next, I distinguish between human and nonhuman deception, invoking the concepts of symbols, role‐taking, self, and mind. Following this, I present several representative categories of the infinite array of benign and exploitive social contexts in which lying occurs. In a brief discussion, I then impugn the commonly‐used notion of “self‐deception” as internally contradictory. And, finally, I describe both negative and positive consequences of deception in human affairs.
VL  - 23
IS  - 6/7
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/01443330310790598
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330310790598
AU  - Meltzer Bernard M.
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Lying: deception in human affairs
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 61
EP  - 79
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -