Seana Valentine Shiffrin
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691157023
- eISBN:
- 9781400852529
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691157023.003.0007
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter examines freedom of speech and sincerity in relation to institutions and institutional roles, using the university as a prime example. It first challenges the idea that mere declarations ...
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This chapter examines freedom of speech and sincerity in relation to institutions and institutional roles, using the university as a prime example. It first challenges the idea that mere declarations that one is suspending the context of truthfulness are sufficient to justify doing so, and illustrates the defects of this idea through a discussion of the doctrine of puffery in contract law. It then makes the case that an institution's epistemic ends may preclude lies in their service by citing the example of the police. It also explores the concept of academic freedom and misrepresentations in the university, focusing on the issue of lying to research subjects. The chapter argues that universities have distinctive epistemic goals that in turn provide an independent basis for academic freedom, as well as a special source of criticism of the use of misrepresentation as a tool of academic research.Less
This chapter examines freedom of speech and sincerity in relation to institutions and institutional roles, using the university as a prime example. It first challenges the idea that mere declarations that one is suspending the context of truthfulness are sufficient to justify doing so, and illustrates the defects of this idea through a discussion of the doctrine of puffery in contract law. It then makes the case that an institution's epistemic ends may preclude lies in their service by citing the example of the police. It also explores the concept of academic freedom and misrepresentations in the university, focusing on the issue of lying to research subjects. The chapter argues that universities have distinctive epistemic goals that in turn provide an independent basis for academic freedom, as well as a special source of criticism of the use of misrepresentation as a tool of academic research.
Susan Mitchell Sommers
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190687328
- eISBN:
- 9780190687359
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190687328.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Though he was poorly educated and impatient, Ebenezer Sibly published several thousand pages on a variety of subjects. A close examination reveals this was possible because he plagiarized on a ...
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Though he was poorly educated and impatient, Ebenezer Sibly published several thousand pages on a variety of subjects. A close examination reveals this was possible because he plagiarized on a massive scale. Plagiarizing was a successful strategy, requiring much less effort while still giving the impression of being well read. Sibly was also able to appear up to date by plagiarizing encyclopedists for much of his material. This chapter considers both eighteenth-century attitudes toward plagiarism and the modern scholarly debate about them. This chapter also examines the third type of book Sibly published—advertising puffs he produced after he began making and marketing the Solar and Lunar Tinctures. A Key to Physic and The Medical Mirror were both derivative, consisting largely of Sibly plagiarizing his own previous works, which were themselves plagiarized.Less
Though he was poorly educated and impatient, Ebenezer Sibly published several thousand pages on a variety of subjects. A close examination reveals this was possible because he plagiarized on a massive scale. Plagiarizing was a successful strategy, requiring much less effort while still giving the impression of being well read. Sibly was also able to appear up to date by plagiarizing encyclopedists for much of his material. This chapter considers both eighteenth-century attitudes toward plagiarism and the modern scholarly debate about them. This chapter also examines the third type of book Sibly published—advertising puffs he produced after he began making and marketing the Solar and Lunar Tinctures. A Key to Physic and The Medical Mirror were both derivative, consisting largely of Sibly plagiarizing his own previous works, which were themselves plagiarized.
