by This understanding is better than for instance when we FAIL to get our way technically and/or politically we would say "its a neo-liberal conspiracy oligarchy world!!!", etc... First, we need to make a distinction often emphasized by ethicists and philosophers: that between a lie and a falsehood. Thus, someone who deliberately misrepresents what he or she knows to be true is lying – typically, to secure some personal advantage. In contrast, someone who voices a mistaken claim without any intent to deceive is not lying. That person may simply be unaware of the facts, or may refuse to believe the best available evidence. Rather than lying, he’s stating a falsehood. Yet meanwhile in MMT world, how many times have we heard or read the conspiratorial "neo-liberal lies!' or "its a big
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This understanding is better than for instance when we FAIL to get our way technically and/or politically we would say "its a neo-liberal conspiracy oligarchy world!!!", etc...
First, we need to make a distinction often emphasized by ethicists and philosophers: that between a lie and a falsehood. Thus, someone who deliberately misrepresents what he or she knows to be true is lying – typically, to secure some personal advantage. In contrast, someone who voices a mistaken claim without any intent to deceive is not lying. That person may simply be unaware of the facts, or may refuse to believe the best available evidence. Rather than lying, he’s stating a falsehood.
Yet meanwhile in MMT world, how many times have we heard or read the conspiratorial "neo-liberal lies!' or "its a big Oligarchy world!!!" and BS like that??? IT.... HAPPENS....ALL... THE... F-ING.... TIME....
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Ronald W. Pies
Professor of Psychiatry, Lecturer on Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University