More on benevolent lies

In my last post about benevolent lies, I suggested that it can’t really be ignorance about a person’s values that makes benevolent lies an offense against their autonomy (this seems to be Thomas Hill’s position’s last resort) because there will be people in close relationships who do not possess this ignorance. Thus, ignorance would not [...]

Autonomy and Benevolent Lies

I was reading Thomas Hill’s article, “Autonomy and Benevolent Lies” the other night because a) the subject has always perplexed me, b) it’s Kantian in spirit, and c) his whole book Autonomy and Self-Respect looks like it will be very useful in my Shakespeare and Moral Philosophy course in London. At issue are lies of [...]