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<blockquote data-quote="zippy2006" data-source="post: 77620307" data-attributes="member: 342410"><p>Whether it is possible to lie by omission is a rather complicated topic. One can mislead by omission, but it is always the interlocutor who must draw the false conclusion, and in this it differs from lying <em>simpliciter</em>. Here enters the arduous topic of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_reservation" target="_blank">mental reservation</a>."</p><p></p><p>Here is what Aquinas says:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Just as a man lies when he signifies by word that which he is not, yet lies not when he refrains from saying what he is, for this is sometimes lawful; so also does a man dissemble, when by outward signs of deeds or things he signifies that which he is not, yet he dissembles not if he omits to signify what he is.</em> (<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3111.htm#article1" target="_blank">ST IIaIIae, Q. 111, A. 1, ad4</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zippy2006, post: 77620307, member: 342410"] Whether it is possible to lie by omission is a rather complicated topic. One can mislead by omission, but it is always the interlocutor who must draw the false conclusion, and in this it differs from lying [I]simpliciter[/I]. Here enters the arduous topic of "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_reservation']mental reservation[/URL]." Here is what Aquinas says: [INDENT][I]Just as a man lies when he signifies by word that which he is not, yet lies not when he refrains from saying what he is, for this is sometimes lawful; so also does a man dissemble, when by outward signs of deeds or things he signifies that which he is not, yet he dissembles not if he omits to signify what he is.[/I] ([URL='https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3111.htm#article1']ST IIaIIae, Q. 111, A. 1, ad4[/URL])[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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