Christian B. Miller, “Honesty and Dishonesty: Unpacking Two Character Traits Neglected by Philosophers,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 76, no. 1 (2020): 343–62, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2020_76_1_0343.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Christian B. Miller |
| Rights | © 2020 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 343-362 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| ISSN | 0870-5283 |
| Date | 2020 |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2020_76_1_0343 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | There has been almost nothing written in philosophy on honesty in the past fifty years. This paper contributes one piece to a larger project of trying to change this unfortunate state of affairs. In section one, I outline an original account of the behavioural component of honesty as involving being disposed to not intentionally distort the facts as the person sees them. Section two turns to the vice of deficiency, namely dishonesty, which I suggest is the only vice corresponding to honesty. It has at least five different dimensions, and a person’s character needs to be assessed along all of them before an overall judgment as to her dishonesty can justifiably be made. |
| Date Added | 4/30/2020, 12:02:58 AM |
| Modified | 4/30/2020, 11:57:31 AM |
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