Unit 7 - Lying, Bluffing, and Bribery

Question 1

______ are socially disapproved inducements of official action. They are payments or gifts intended to secure some advantage or favour from an official in contravention of their duty.

Answer 1

Bribes

Question 2

_______ is an act in which one attempts to misrepresent one’s intentions or overstate the strength of one’s position in the bargaining process. This is possible because neither party knows for sure the other party’s true intentions or “sticking point.”

Answer 2

Bluffing

Question 3

Intentionally causing another to have false beliefs.

Answer 3

Deception

Question 4

You can offer ________ to secure performance of a routine government service (allowed).

Answer 4

Grease Payments

Question 5

An intentionally deceptive message which is stated.

Answer 5

Lie

Question 6

Guide and even coerce people in order to serve their own best interests, as a father might his children.

Answer 6

Paternalistic lying

Question 7

Lying is bad and honesty should be our default position. But in special circumstances and certain moral dilemmas, lying may be permissible.

Answer 7

Principle of Veracity

Question 8

Falsehoods not meant to injure anyone, and of little moral import. The most justifiable cases are designed to spare another person’s feelings by disguising what we feel.

Answer 8

White lies