Background
Bok, Sissela was born on December 2, 1934 in Stockholm. Daughter of Gunnar and Alva (Reimer) Myrdal.
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Media violence is usually seen as a standoff between the threat of censorship and the threat of disintegrating public morality. As in "Lying and Secrets", she puts the question in perspective, and reveals how our ways of dealing with it not only express, but can shape our character and lives.
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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.
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Shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality.
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Bok, Sissela was born on December 2, 1934 in Stockholm. Daughter of Gunnar and Alva (Reimer) Myrdal.
Bachelor, George Washington University, 1957. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1958. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), George Washington University, 1986.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1970. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount Holyoke College, 1985. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Clark University, 1988.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1991. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 1992.
Lecturer, Simmons College, Boston, 1971-1972;
lecturer, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, 1975-1982;
lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1982-1984;
associate professor philosophy, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1985-1989;
professor philosophy, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1989-1992;
fellow, Center for Advanced Study, Stanford, California, 1991-1992;
Distinguished fellow, Harvard Center Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1993. Member ethics advisory board Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-1980. Board directors Population Council, 1971-1977.
Member Pulitzer Prize Board, 1988-1997, chairman, 1996-1997.
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Board of directors Institute for Philosophy and Religion, Boston University. Member PulitzerPrize Board, 1989-1997. Fellow Hastings Center (director 1976-1984, 94-97).
Member American Philosophical Association
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Married Derek Bok, May 7, 1955. Children— Hilary, Victoria, Tomas.