Honesty is typically the best policy: rethinking the legitimacy of political deceit in democracy

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Rijnders, Jeroen
dc.contributor.author	Hulsbus, Emma
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-23T00:01:30Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-23T00:01:30Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/41882
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
dc.language.iso	EN
dc.subject	In this paper, a new ethical theory on the permissibility of democratic deceit is defended. Political deceit is permissible based on three conditions: when one can reasonably claim the deceitful act not to lead to a decline in the level of political trust, the end to be realized directly concerns the realization or protection of citizens’ fundamental rights, and when there are no other political means available to achieve the desired end.
dc.title	Honesty is typically the best policy: rethinking the legitimacy of political deceit in democracy
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.courseuu	Applied Ethics
dc.thesis.id	6391