Sissela Bok is een Zweeds-Amerikaanse filosofe en ethicus wiens werk de ethische dimensies van waarheidsgetrouwheid, misleiding en de complexiteit van het moderne leven onderzoekt. Ze onderzoekt kritisch de fundamenten van vertrouwen in de samenleving, de morele verantwoordelijkheden binnen professionele gebieden zoals de geneeskunde en de ethische rechtvaardigingen voor conflicten. Bok pleit consequent voor transparantie, verantwoordelijkheid en het nastreven van gedeelde waarden door middel van redelijke discussie. Haar inzichtelijke analyse van moeilijke morele kwesties positioneert haar als een belangrijke stem in het hedendaagse ethische denken.
Gandhi never wavered in his belief in non-violent protest. In 1915 he took up the struggle for independence from Britain, which became a reality in 1947. In this narrative biography, Gandhi also offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.
Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private life—in government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends. Lying is a penetrating and thoughtful examination of one of the most pervasive yet little discussed aspects of our public and private lives. Beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, Sissela Bok takes up the justifications offered for all kinds of lies—white lies, lies to the sick and dying, lies of parents to children, lies to enemies, lies to protect clients and peers. The consequences of such lies are then explored through a number of concrete situations in which people are involved, either as liars or as the victims of a lie.