He beat me to it!
I was going to write a book about bullshit, but this guy beat me to it. This is one book I gotta order. All teachers of writing gotta order it. Go go go. Then we can all swear with our students. Together now.
From a review on Amazon:
Frankfurt concludes that although bullshit can take many innocent forms, excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the practitioner's capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not. Liars at least acknowledge that it matters what is true. By virtue of this, Frankfurt writes, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.
posted by aerobil @ 8:56 AM
3 comments
3 Comments:
It's a beautiful thing. Thanks for sharing :)
This guy was on NPR last week--funny interview as they negotiated "bullshit" on air.
I think there's still an article or book in there for you--now you've got a moral philosopher's perspective to weave in...(I know, you're on break--put it in the "tickler" file!)
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