The Philosophers Corner Hypocrisy
"Hypocrisy, Revealing the Ugly Truth"
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
George Orwell
Venue Ariel Booksellers 42 Oxford St Paddington
Date Wednesday 11th of August
Time 7:15pm
Hypocrisy is the one word we all use to accuse others of transgressing a moral position often to further selfish ends.
Interestingly we always accuse hypocrites from our own moral perspective. Our cry of indignation often occurs because we realise that hypocrites are foregrounding their interests over the society we live in, and this is detrimental to us all. But we are all hypocrites and in the real world hypocrisy is often necessary to get things done. So how do we distinguish between a legitimate compromise and a sell-out, economic necessity and greed, idealism and fanaticism or hypocrisy and integrity? Hypocrisy is the enactment of double standards or deceiving and using others to further selfish ends – money, sex, power, control, reputation etc