LyingBy: Sissela Bok Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private lifein government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends. Lying is a penetrating and thoughtful examination of one of the most pervasive yet little discussed aspects of our public and private lives. Beginning with the moral questions raised about lying since antiquity, Sissela Bok takes up the justifications