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"It is no small achievement to have reduced the best material on this subject to some order: to the four traditions—inner hypocrisy, authenticity, moral ambiguity, and vital lie."—Edmund Pincoffs, author of The Rationale of Legal Punishment
"This book is a major contribution to the literature of self-deception. It contains a distinctive view of what constitutes self-deception, and it explores moral issues raised by self-deception in more depth than any existing work. The literary references are plentiful and well selected. The book is a pleasure to read."—Robert Audi, University of Nebraska
Author Biography: Mike W. Martin, professor of philosophy at Chapman University, is author or editor of Self-Deception and Self-Understanding: New Essays in Philosophy and Psychology, Virtuous Giving: Philanthropy, Voluntary Service, and Caring, and Love's Virtures.
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Everyone since Socrates has worried about self-deception. But it remains a paradox. If you know that you are deceived by yourself, then you have seen through the deception. If you don't know, then how can it be you who is doing it? Martin acknowledges Herbert Fingarette's suggestion in Self-Deception (Humanities, 1969) that each of us is more like a community of selves than a single self; but he prefers the idea that we adopt strategies to evade the self-acknowledgment on which the paradox hangs. His interest is moral and he makes a good case against modern apostles of the ``Noble Lie,'' insisting upon the moral importance of rationality and truth. Philosophers will like the argument and ordinary readers will enjoy Martin's wit, his real-life examples, and his excerpts from literature. Leslie Armour, Philosophy Dept., Univ. of Ottawa, CanadaProduct Details
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