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Spin and Lying

I think that spin (choosing which valid arguments to present according to how effective you think they would be) is a good thing. It isn't lying, and at present I don't see any credible evidence that Bush and Blair lied about WMD.

Lying to deceive the enemy is fine. But I find it hard to think of a situation where lying to change the outcome of a public debate, in the most advanced countries, is defensible. Certainly this wasn't one. Fallibilists do not want to participate in a political decision-making process that cannot decide against them even if they are wrong.

by David Deutsch on Sun, 06/08/2003 - 03:23

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