Many may question whether Lying is a good or bad thing. While many believe that lying is used to protect someone, you might be actually do more harm than good. Everybody can lie but it can have a variety of outcomes. Allowing yourself to lie doesn't help anybody. Lying is unjustified because it would cause harm to someone than good and telling the truth can be beneficial and easier. Lying is not justified in any situation because lies can cause harm. In article 1, paragraph 7 it states “In the ap-ipsos poll, 65 percent of those questioned said it was sometimes ok, to lie to avoid hurting someone's feelings”. This means more than half of the people in the Api-ipsos admitted to have lie in order to “protect someone's feelings”. There is a chance when that person who has been lied to, finds out they have been lied you might have hurt their feelings instead of protecting. In article 2 it states,” your fictional spouse, about to accept a nobel prize, asks if they look fat. “ If you're on the way to the award ceremony, you say,’ You look fabulous’. In other words if you are heading somewhere important you tell a lie even if it can hurt the person. …show more content…
In article 3 author Brad Blanton states, “Delivering the truth is easier, takes less time, and is less stressful”. This means that telling the truth can be easier. Lying is stressful where telling the truth would take less time and would be less stressful. In article 3 the question was asked “If we don’t soft-pedal the truth at times, aren't we likely to offend people”. And in response “possibly, buts its just as likely that you’ll end up losing people whom you don't want around you anyways.” In other words you should be scared to offend someone by telling the truth. By telling the truth it can benefit you by getting rid of negative people who lie. In conclusion by telling the truth instead of lying can be easier and it can benefit
Basically, lying is not a good thing to do, but it do not always need to be like that. Judging on something that right or wrong should base on that it is benefit anybody or bother anyone or not. Some people know as “White lie” and “Black lie”. We can state that lying would be the right thing, in case that it benefits to somebody and not bothers others at all. But if not, it can be consider as it is wrong.
Sometimes it’s never okay to lie, but in some situations one can get away with lying without hurting anyone’s feelings. In article 1, it states,“Yet in the same poll, up to two-thirds said it was okay to lie in certain situations, like protecting someone’s feelings.” Many people, think it is okay to lie, but lies are only acceptable when it is to protect others. Although, some people might think that lying is okay in other situations, it’s really only justified when it is used to protect others and their feelings. Article 1 also says,” Not only is lying justified, it is sometimes a moral duty. An obvious example is when you’re lying to protect someone from serious harm.” What this means is that it is only okay to lie when it is used for a good purpose, like protecting someone from harm. Lots of times, it’s better to lie because it helps avoid
Lies and the truth can be both bad or both good depending on how you use them. Lies can be used to not hurt someone's feelings and make someone feel good about themselves. If someone tells the truth in a situation that would make someone feel bad. The truth hurts others sometimes as much as lying or more. The truth is good in most situations and lying is still bad in most situations. Part of our social contract, we find the need to lie for good and tell the truth only if it hurts someone else. Not one is good or bad it is how you use them that makes them that way. It is all up to your choice to make them bad or
In a civil society, truth promotes democracy and lying hinder it. Since social capital is related to trust, universalizing lying would make social interaction difficult. Therefore, lying should be only acceptable when the purpose is to improve quality of life without creating any forms of malicious acts that could harm others.
Lying is a bad thing, and everyone should be aware of that. Humans lie that’s just the truth. Although, we lie there are some lies that are acceptable.
“‘ your fictional spouse, about to accept a nobel prize, asks if they look fat. “if you’re on the way to the award ceremony, you say, ‘ you look fabulous’” cohen instructs. “ anything else would be cruel. “ if you're still in the hotel room, a suggestion of a different outfit might be appropriate.’” (NBCNEWS.com) This is a lie to protect others. We tell this lie all the time and we don’t even notice. Your friends lie to you to spare your feelings too. Think of it, if everyone told the truth all the time, everyone would be miserable and suffering from depression.
When I was a younger boy, I thought lying was only what the bad kids did. I thought that if I lied, it was an act of law-breaking. However, I soon learned that to lie was no grave crime, for there was no law or official rule stating anything of the like. Lest I be in some sort of judicial situation, I was not held to be honest at all times; however, to be honest was, if anything, a moral and generally more helpful thing to do in most circumstances.
Some people think that it is never, under any conditon, okay to lie while others think that it's fine to sometimes slip a white lie into a sentence to protect the feelings of their loved ones. In my opnion, we need to lie here and there to take care of other's emotions. Firstly, people tell lies when they don't want to neglect others kindness or thoughtfulness. For example, if a friend gives you a present that doesn't fit your stlye, you will still thank them for it and compliment the item. Secondly, people can lie to prove their abilities to someone. For instance, if you were to get an interview for a job, you'll try to be acknowledged by your employer. Also, you might say a list of not harmful things when trying to sell a product to a customer
First, in the article, It’s the Truth: American Conflicted About Lying, this article talks about how it is hard to get people to stop lying. For instance, it says, “Not only is lying justified, it sometimes is a moral duty. An obvious example is when you’re lying to protect someone from serious harm. Lying is your last resort. It could be your only option. Lying is hard not to do and sometimes we can’t help it. Another example of lying being good is it says, “People who say lying is wrong are often abstract. In our real lives, we can’t always pick honestly without compromising some other value that might be as important.” Lying has its costs, but if you aren’t hurting anything than it is acceptable.
First lying can help protect the feelings of others. For example, in the article,” It’s the truth,” by NBC news states that “vein says it was too darn hot for her to get up and get dressed for a movie date… so she told her friend she was busy. Velin was to lazy to get up and get dressed by the heat so she lied to her friend and has told her she was busy to not get her friend mad. Veiln’s reason of lying was to save her friendship over a little white lie. In addition Harold Smith states he has a kidney tumor but didn’t want to tell her daughter who had anxiety. Harold Smith had did a white lit because he had to not worry about his daughter. If Harold would have told his daughter she would have had an anxiety attack. So therefore if you lie to protect others
Lying is okay when protecting others their emotions , feelings and everything . you would never want to hurt a person . If you lie and more positive things come out where everyone's happy , because you lied and made them feel better then that's all that matters . Some people say lying is never okay , i gave some examples about why i think lying is okay if necessary . I want my readers to know lying , is not horrible as they describe it , some lies save lives, protect people's feelings , and make more things positive more than negative it can make people's day with just a word better then it was . Lying is acceptable if it is used the right way
Have you ever been lied to or lied to someone else? People lie all the time and it is not a good for people to be doing. It is important to be truthful because the person being lied to always finds out and you are always punished for lying.
Lying is justified when it can be used to protect and care for others. What if someone had an ugly dress but you like it but that person does like it.you have to tell them it’s ugly so you don’t hurt them more if their going to a dance or on a date. The person that liked it is going to get their emotions hurt because of you and the dress. The person that she’s dancing with or going on a date with might not like the dress. It was ok to
In telling someone the truth, one must ask oneself, Is telling the truth going to be beneficial or constructive to the person you’re telling? People often say that they always want to know the truth, but there are specific situations where not knowing the truth may be better than knowing it. There are different types of lies that you can tell. One type of lie is a protective lie--one that insulates the recipient from harm. Whether it is lessening the severity of a situation or protecting someone from falling into complete panic, sometimes lying can be beneficial to you or somebody else.
We all lie, and from my perspective of lying, it’s not always a wrong idea. Parents lie to children to keep their innocence intact, at the same time, a good parent’s lying shouldn’t make his or her child an ignorant adult (Santa Claus vs where babies come from). Lying, with the concept of keeping someone out of physical harm isn’t wrong either. For example, a friend says he or she can’t go out, because he or she was preoccupied, but instead he or she really was headed out to be a vigilante, and he or she didn’t want anyone to get physically hurt. However, I believe lying shouldn’t be the only escape from hurting someone, like it shouldn’t be a scapegoat when telling a person an actual opinion of something. If a friend asks “Do you like my sweater?” whether or not one actually like/ prefer it, instead of blatantly hating on it, a better form of saying this, one could end up saying something similar to “it looks cool” or “it’s a unique one”.