Book: Truths and Lies – Ethics and Democracy in Brazil

It is common knowledge to say that every politician lies. But could truth be an illusion, an impossibility that makes lying ethical?
In this book, four respected thinkers of our time: Gilberto Dimenstein, Leandro Karnal, Luiz Felipe Pondé, and Mario Sergio Cortella debate the frictions that involve the tense relationship between ethics and democracy, questioning the truths and lies that make up the national political universe.
With sometimes divergent, yet complementary opinions, they discuss what truly defines a democratic government and how much it reflects our positioning as citizens.
The authors bring to the conversation themes that address practices and dilemmas of public life that we have been living with for quite some time and show that, even in times of crisis, there are indeed reasons to believe in the exercise of a democracy that prioritizes the collective as the greatest good.