Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and RevelationThe author of Lying 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. |
Contents
| 3 | |
| 15 | |
IV | 45 |
Secrecy and SelfDeception | 59 |
Confessions | 73 |
Gossip | 89 |
Secrecy Power and Accountability | 102 |
The Limits of Confidentiality | 116 |
Secrecy and Competition in Science | 153 |
Secrets of State | 171 |
Military Secrecy | 191 |
Whistleblowing and Leaking | 210 |
Intrusive Social Science Research | 230 |
Investigative Journalism | 249 |
XVII | 259 |
Conclusion | 281 |
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