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Explores the pervasiveness of secrecy in every aspect of our lives and the ethical issues this raises. A highly topical study, of central interest to everyone.' Mary Warnock in The Listener .
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Sissela Bok is a senior visiting fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Previously, she was a professor of philosophy at Brandeis Univeristy. She is the author of Lying: Moral Choice in Private and Public Life; Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation; A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War; Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir; Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment; Common Values; and Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science. A former member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Bok is a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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We live in a society where almost every person and institution has closely guarded secrets. What kind of moral issues do these raise for individuals and for society?
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0192177338
- ISBN 13 9780192177339
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages352
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