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- Title
POLÍTICOS MENTIROSOS Y TRAMPOSOS DEMOCRÁTICOS: ¿ES LA MENTIRA POLÍTICA DIFERENTE DE OTRAS CLASES DE MENTIRAS?
- Authors
SANTOS CASTRO, JUAN SAMUEL
- Abstract
In this article, I defend the idea that there are important differences between lying in politics and lying in general. My aim is to show that the issues with political lies do not have to do only with metaphysical or conceptual questions regarding what politics is or what the concept of the political means, or only with the validity of the excuses and justifications commonly offered in favor of political liars. I hold that the political lie is a special form of lie due, first, to the peculiarity of the use of language in politics, and second, to the function that political lies play in political discussions: they undermine several epistemic conditions needed to impartially discuss social disagreements. In this work, however, I leave unanswered the question of what might be the best way to account for the epistemic conditions of democratic political discussions.
- Subjects
POLITICIANS &; ethics; TRUTHFULNESS &; falsehood; PERSUASION (Rhetoric); DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL corruption; DECEPTION
- Publication
Universitas Philosophica, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 72, p17
- ISSN
0120-5323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11144/Javeriana.uph36-72.pmtd