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  1. Apr 21, 2013 · THE INVENTION OF LYING. A LESSON PLAN ON SOCIAL SATIRE. SUBJECTS — ELA: Social Satire; SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Romantic Relationships; MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Trustworthiness; Caring. AGE: 13+; MPAA rating PG-13 (for language, including some sexual material, and a drug reference); 2009, 100 minutes; color. Available from Amazon.com.

  2. This document provides an analysis and teaching guide for the 2009 film "The Invention of Lying". It summarizes the film's premise of an alternate universe where no one can lie and everyone speaks absolute truth. The guide introduces the main character Mark Bellison who discovers he can lie.

  3. May 19, 2023 · The premise of a world in which people do not lie is explored in various films: In The Invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais lives in a society where he is the only one who can lie, and in Liar Liar, Jim Carrey is unable to lie for a day.

  4. The movie, The Invention of Lying, does a great job of showing the ethical issues Mark Bellison experiences as being the only person in the world who can lie. The movie starts out as more of a comedy, but later it turns into a drama because of Mark’s gift of lying.

  5. Apr 30, 2019 · We offer a brief history of the field’s emergence and progress. We begin with a review of the various cultural, philosophical, scientific, and technological milestones from antiquity through the twentieth century that shaped the formation of lying and deception as a topic of intellectual inquiry.

    • Matthew S. McGlone, Mark L. Knapp
    • 2019
  6. Abstract. Plato famously defends lying by leaders. This chapter argues that there is a strong moral presumption against lying by leaders. Two historically important examples of leaders who lied to gain public support for wars that they wanted to fight are discussed—Franklin Roosevelt and George W. Bush.

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  8. Invention of Lying - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document provides questions about the film "The Invention of Lying" for an extra credit assignment.

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