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This is called a lie by omission. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie#Types https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie#Types
by ptx 7y ago
This is called a lie by omission.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie#Types https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie#Types
- sneak 7y ago> Lying by omission includes the failure to correct pre-existing misconceptions. By this logic, one can lie by remaining entirely silent. I don't buy it.
- pavel_lishin 7y ago> One can lie by remaining entirely silent. Yup. An example would be listening to someone reach the wrong conclusion, and by staying silent and not correcting them, implying that they were correct.
- sneak 7y agoDo you also find trolley problem non-lever-pullers to be murderers?
- pavel_lishin 7y agoI'm no longer sure this is a good-faith discussion we're having.
- zajio1am 7y agoLie by omission is more problematic concept than explicit lie. IMHO one has almost always moral duty to not explicitly lie, but just rarely duty to not 'lie' by omission, depends mainly on whether the person has duty to communicate that information or whether one actively tries to deceive.