Kant's prohibition of lying

By Amadou Sadjo Barry

This book is devoted to an analysis of lying in Kant's work. However, as the *Metaphysics of Morals* is divided into two parts-the first dealing with law and the second with morality proper-we have set out to examine lying from these two perspectives, beginning with the second. Drawing on Kant's texts which treat lying as a moral fault-namely the *Lectures on Ethics*, the *Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals* and the *Doctrine of Virtue*-we demonstrate that Kant morally condemns lying because, in and of itself, lying constitutes the most serious violation of man's duty towards himself: sincerity. A person who is not sincere - that is, who deliberately says the opposite of what they think - not only runs counter to the inherent purpose of communication, but also, through lying, renounces their personality. By thus renouncing his personality, a person ceases to be a genuine person - that is, one in whom thought and speech coincide - and becomes a mere semblance of a person, one who deliberately says the opposite of what he thinks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6630534034
• ISBN13: 9786630534030
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"