1. Define a lie in the strict or formal sense.
2. Explain what is meant by communication?
3. What is the principal purpose of communication?
4. Fiction is not true. True. False.
5. Fiction is not a lie. True. False.
6. Explain your answer in #5 and illustrate with an example.
7. Deception is morally wrong in itself. True. False.
8. Explain your answer in #7 and illustrate with an example.
9. What is the relationship between deception and lying?
10. Briefly state and explain the three arguments about the wrongness of strict or formal lies. (p. 297)
11. Read the last paragraph on p. 297 and continued at the top of p. 298. P. 298: Read Col. 1, #2 and the response to it in Col. 2, #2.
Summarize the point of #2 in Col. 1 and the response to it in #2 in Col. 2.
12. What should be the norm regarding truthfulness in the doctor-patient relationship?
SECRETS
13. What is a strict secret?
14. What is a natural secret?
15. What is a secret of promise?
16. What is a secret of trust?
17. Explain why secrets of promise and secrets of trust can also be natural secrets. Illustrate with an example.
18. We are sometimes permitted to conceal the truth. True. False. Explain.
19. Concealing the truth means telling a lie. True. False. Explain.
20. What four means can be used to keep a secret when directly questioned about it? Briefly explain what is meant by each means.