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What constitutes truthfulness and deception in everyday human interaction is not a simple, straightforward phenomenon. In the current chapter, we provide readers with a concise understanding of truthfulness, deception, and related concepts. We also raise important questions about the competing desires humans have regarding truthful and deceptive communication, various gray areas where the nature of truth and deception are blurred, and the ethics of potentially deceptive messages.
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Kalbfleisch, P.J., Docan-Morgan, T. (2019). Defining Truthfulness, Deception, and Related Concepts. In: Docan-Morgan, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Deceptive Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96334-1_2
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