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Chapter 3 - The Self-Deception of Political Leaders, Officials, and Governments

from Part II - Self-Deception in Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2018

Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
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Summary

In this chapter, the importance of applying SD to politics is argued by rebutting some objections, one based on the reduction of SD to cold mistakes, and the other on the reduction of SD to straight lies. In fact, SD is not meant to replace straight deception, but to supplement it, because SD is always intertwined with deception of others as a consequence of its make-belief effect. A typology of political SD is provided, grounded on the different relation with deception of others, for the latter can be (a) the byproduct of SD, or (b) ancillary to SD and the make-believe effect, and (c) can be the justification of a lie. Finally, the collective dimension of political SD is analyzed and the possibility of institutional preventive measures considered.
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Political Self-Deception , pp. 79 - 114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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