Bok: Secrets vs. Lies

"Whereas I take lying to be prima facie wrong, with a negative presumption against it from the outset, secrecy need not be. Whereas every lie stands in need of justification, all secrets do not." (p.266a)

"To keep a secret from someone ... is to block information about it or evidence of it from reaching that person, and to do so intentionally." (p.266b)


Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 4 August 2011