In Williams's last book, Truth and Truthfulness (2002), he applied these ideas to the importance of truth in the theoretical and practical spheres as well as in political and personal relations.
The securities fraud count -- with Ms. Stewart effectively charged with defrauding the investors in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia by publicly stating that she put in an order to sell ImClone shares at $60, a claim the indictment says is false -- the government has also sent a message about the importance of absolute truthfulness by corporate executives in dealing with their shareholders.
In this Williams argues, against such deniers of the possibility or importance of objective truth as the pragmatist Richard Rorty and the deconstructionist Jacques Derrida, that it is indispensable to any human society to accept both truth and truthfulness as values, and sincerity and accuracy as corresponding virtues.
Manu's list of virtues of a perfect Brahmin, according to Italian Jesuit Roberto de Nobili, in order of importance were righteousness, truthfulness, generosity, almsgiving, compassion, self-restraint and diligent work.
Moreover, the presumption-of-truthfulness instruction itself is constitutionally defective.
Is this an issue of truthfulness?
Credibility is the public-relations version of truthfulness.
On screen, however, his statements lacked any semblance of truthfulness.
"This is not a case where there is room for argument about degrees of truthfulness.
Many people, she says, base assessments of truthfulness on irrelevant factors, such as personality or appearance.
