Lying and History

Thomas Carson

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198736578.001.0001

Lying and History

Thomas Carson

Loyola University Chicago

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I begin by discussing views about the permissibility of lying by political leaders. Sections II and III address historically important lies and lies about history and the historical record. These two categories overlap - some lies about the historical record were historically important events. In section IV, I discuss the related notion of half-truths and give examples of misleading/deceptive half-truths about history. In the final section of this chapter, I briefly discuss the obligations of historians to give truthful accounts of historical events.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Lying
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198736578.001.0001
State	Published - Nov 1 2018

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