Close Reading of Bonhoeffer
For this close reading exercise, you will read a brief piece by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. However, before diving right in, it will help to have some background on his story as a martyred resistor to the Nazi tyranny.
You will then read up on Kant's beliefs involving truth. Finally, you will bring these two varying ideas together to answer a question and develop a response.
Directions
Read the background of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
2.In a 1–2 paragraph response, answer the following question:
Compare Bonhoeffer's conception of lying to that of Kant. Does Bonhoeffer possess the same definition of lying or does he equivocate on the meaning of lying? Why or why not?