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So the philosophy of lying is really important.

It is where a lot of moral theories go to die to expire their last breath on an infinite Sahara Sea of sophistry.

It's a real challenge for moral philosophers. Now, of course, thou shalt not bear false witness.

It's different from, don't lie. Thou shalt not lie. Thou shalt not bear false witness

means in matters of particular moral or illegal import, you should tell the truth. And so it's a little

bit different from some sort of white lies and so on. So the question of lying, well, let's define

it. Of course, lying is the intentional misrepresentation of a fact.

It is the promotion of a falsehood where the falsehood is known. Right. There is an old joke.

It's from my big fat Greek wedding. And the joke is that there's a guy marrying into a Greek

family and the, he's not Greek, obviously. And the Greek brothers teach him rude phrases in Greek

while pretending that they're innocuous. So it's a beautiful day today is nice boobs or something like that, right?

So the person who is honorably trying to learn Greek to impress his in-laws,

the person who says nice boobs, because he's been taught that that means what a lovely day,

is not being rude because he is not knowledgeable of what he is being taught.

He's being taught something he believes to be true, but it's not true.

And so, of course, when he says, whatever, I can't remember the rude phrase is, to the mother,

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