JUST LIES: Finding Augustine's Ethics of Public Lying in His Treatments of Lying and Killing
Augustine famously defends the justice of killing in certain public contexts such as just wars. He also claims that private citizens who intentionally kill are guilty of murder, regardless of their reasons. Just as famously, Augustine seems to prohibit lying categorically. Analyzing these features o...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2010
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 661-697 |
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Killing
B Augustine B Lying B State B Deception B “agent–instrument” distinction B Private B Public B Just War |
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