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Lecturer(s)
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Stránský Michal, Mgr. PhD.
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Course content
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Course syllabus: 1. Introduction to Introduction to Lying 2. Definition of lying: What is a lie? 3. "Bulls*itting" 4. When we lie and when we cheat 5. Why are we lying? Evolutionary take on a lie 6. The moral status of a lie: When it is permissible to lie 7. Lie to yourself: How is it possible to lie to yourself? 8. The lies we tell: Lie as a part of the personal identity 9. Practical meaning of lies: Lies in personal and professional life 10. Lie as a profession: Lie in management and marketing 11. Marketing rhetoric: Lying in advertising 12. How to find a liar? Lie detection 13. Final summary of the topic
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecturing, Teamwork, Text analysis
- Home preparation for classes
- 20 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 10 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for course credit
- 10 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| Prerequisities are not set. |
| Prerequisities are not set. |
| Skills |
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| Prerequisities are not set. |
| Prerequisities are not set. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to define lying and decieving. |
| to define lying and decieving. |
| to explain the evolutionary significance of lying. |
| to explain the evolutionary significance of lying. |
| to explain the moral ambivalence of the phenomenon of lying. |
| to explain the moral ambivalence of the phenomenon of lying. |
| to define the concept of self-deception and explain its place in our lives. |
| to define the concept of self-deception and explain its place in our lives. |
| to list the basic manipulation practices used in marketing communication. |
| to list the basic manipulation practices used in marketing communication. |
| Skills |
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| to distinguish better between lying, cheating and "bulls*itting". |
| to distinguish better between lying, cheating and "bulls*itting". |
| to distinguish better between trivial and non-trivial lying. |
| to distinguish better between trivial and non-trivial lying. |
| to analyze a partial issue of lying or a specific instance of lying from various moral and practical perspectives. |
| to analyze a partial issue of lying or a specific instance of lying from various moral and practical perspectives. |
| to consider the importance of deception and self-deception in the identity-formation processes. |
| to consider the importance of deception and self-deception in the identity-formation processes. |
| to identify lies and to resist biases and manipulations SLIGHTLY better. |
| to identify lies and to resist biases and manipulations SLIGHTLY better. |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Lecturing |
| Lecturing |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Skills |
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| Analysis of a presentation |
| Analysis of a presentation |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Teamwork |
| Teamwork |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Analysis of a presentation given by the student |
| Analysis of a presentation given by the student |
| Conversation |
| Conversation |
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Recommended literature
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FRANKFURT, H. G. On Bullshit. In The Importance of What We Care About.. 1988.
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HARRIS, S. Lying. 2011.
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TRIVERS, R. The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life.. 2011.
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VYBÍRAL, Z. Lži, polopravdy a pravda v lidské komunikaci. 2003.
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