OT - "lie" vs "error"

From: William M. Klein (wmklein_at_nospam.netcom.com)
Date: 03/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:18:21 GMT

As a PHILOSOPHICAL follow-on to another thread ...

What is the difference between a "lie" being made - versus - an "error in fact"
being made?

There certainly may be other considerations, but it seems TO ME, that when
something is "stated as a fact" and what is stated is not "true" then

 - if the person making the statement (or reporting what others have said
without qualification of this persons opinion to the contrary) KNOWS that it is
not true, then it is a "lie"
 - if the person making the statement (or reporting another's statement)
"believes it to be true" when stating/reporting it, then any "mis-information"
is an error, not a lie.

   ***

Again, I could be in error <G> - but I think this distinction applies to many
threads in the forum - both those on and off topic. 

-- 
Bill Klein
 wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com

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