HCSF Reading Group -- Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life by Sissela Bok
San Francisco (location will be sent a few days before the meeting to those who RSVP)
Free, but RSVP required
Sunday, September 20
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Deeply thought provoking - through references, contrasts, and scenarios, Sissela Bok challenges the reader to consider the effects of lying on the individual, relationships and society. She systematically covers the spectrum of lies from "little white lies" to avoid an unwanted dinner invitation to the arguably moral lies required to survive in a totalitarian state - taking the reader step by step through a journey of increasingly complex moral questions. The book argues that lying, as it is often conducted in society, often lacks the moral basis of those few case where it can be justified.
Sissela Bok is a philosopher, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
Bring your thoughts and perspective to a lively discussion.
Registration required by September 17
mailto:curte1@earthlink.net 650-279-3359 for questions