The Specter of Hypocrisy: Testing the Limits of Moral Discourse

by Raphael Sassower

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Raphael Sassower examines the concept of hypocrisy for its strategic potential as a means of personal protection and social cohesion. Given the contemporary context of post-truth, the examination of degrees or kinds of hypocrisy moves from the Greek etymology of masks worn on the theater stage to the Hebrew etymology of the color adjustment of chameleons to their environment. Canonical presuppositions about the uniformity of the mind and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3030605752

ISBN13:9783030605759

Release Date:November 2021

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:238 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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