The veil of philanthropy: Kant on the political benefits of dissimulation and simulation

European Journal of Political Theory 20 (1):27-44 (2018)
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Kant has traditionally been read as an excessively moralistic critic of lying in his ethics and politics. In response, recent scholars have noted that for Kant we have an ethical duty not to be com...

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reprint Church, Jeffrey (2021) "The veil of philanthropy: Kant on the political benefits of dissimulation and simulation". European Journal of Political Theory 20(1):27-44

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