num_pages: 83
description: As it was in Anna Karenina Madame Bovary and Othello so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals financial fraud government corruptioneven murder and genocidegenerally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie.
language: English
title: Lying
publisher: Four Elephants Press