When a Lie Ain't Just a Lie

In David Bzdak Joanna Crosby & Seth Vannatta, The Wire and Philosophy. Open Court. pp. 59-69 (2013)
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The chapter argues that an agent's motive contributes to the rightness (wrongness) of an action by considering lies told by three different characters in the television series The Wire (McNulty, Sobotka, Templeton).

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