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2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. E472-E478
Author(s):  
Brett Ashley Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
German Art ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals Preservation of the Heritage

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
Naama Ben-Ami
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Israeli Arabs ◽  
The Right

Books Reviewed: Kamal Boullata and Kathy Engel, eds. We Begin Here:Poems for Palestine and Lebanon. Northampton, Massachusetts: Interlink,2007; Nadia G. Yaqub. Pens, Swords, and the Springs of Art: The OralPoetry Dueling of Palestinian Weddings in the Galilee. Leiden and Boston:Brill, 2007; Laleh Khalili. Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics ofNational Commemoration. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which hasmade headlines for decades, showsno sign of abating, for each side is convinced that it is in the right anddemands to live upon its ancestral land. The Palestinian “problem,” whichhas produced a plethora of books, goes back to Israel’s 1948war of independenceand remains unresolved. In this essay, I shall review two books that dealdirectly with the Palestinian problem and their overall situation (especially ofthe Palestinian refugees in Lebanon) and one on oral poetic duels amongPalestinians in Israel. This latter book provides some between-the-linesinsights about how Israeli Arabs cope with the Palestinian problem ...

A TIME TO LIE

Think ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (29) ◽  
pp. 111-115
Author(s):  
Monica Link
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Truth Telling ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Realistic Picture ◽  
The Right

In his well-known piece ‘Autonomy and Benevolent Lies’ (in Thomas Hill, Autonomy and Self-Respect [New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991]) Thomas Hill argues that out of respect for people's autonomy, we ought not to tell benevolent lies. He argues that we are obligated to tell the truth, especially when asked directly for it, even if we know it will cause a person more pain. This is because truth-telling is tied to respecting autonomy, which involves giving people a realistic picture of their situation, however rosy or bleak, and letting them decide what to do with the information given. Telling people benevolent lies, because one thinks they will be happier believing something else, is an instance of paternalism, which Hill wants to resist. In this paper I will raise a case that seems at first glance to be an objection to Hill's theory i.e. a case in which the right information to give someone is not what he has requested. In offering an explanation for how Hill can respond, I will suggest that a revision to his view would allow him to justify certain benevolent lies, while still avoiding his worry that benevolent lies are necessarily paternalistic.

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