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    Is Lying Okay?

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    Is lying actually okay? The answer to that question is yes since lying can be used to protect others. Some may say no and say that all lies are bad, but that is not the case. After all, lying can always be acceptable when used to not harm an individual or crowd physically or emotionally. First off, when a person lies, it should be to keep someone from physical harm. For example, Harold Smith lied to his adult daughter about his kidney tumor so he would not get her traumatized (para 13). This

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    many times you lie in one day? A study by the University of Massachussets says that we lie two to three times every ten minutes1. But, don`t feel bad, you`re with dishonest company. The problem is not that we lie, it is that we do not lie well. In his famous essay, “On the Decay on the Art of Lying,” author Mark Twain says there is a good kind of lying, and we need to understand how to lie artfully. Such being said, Twain implies that everyone lies. No matter how truthful of a person you are, you

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    People respond to conflict in many ways. A few such ways include responding to conflict through lying, deception, and caving in to survive. These are the cases with “Diary of Anne Frank.” and “HItler youth.” Lying is one way people deal with conflict. Why wouldn’t it be. An example would be from the Diary of Anne Frank. The Diary is in the point of view of a young girl and her family hiding from the Nazis. She details her experiences in the annex as well as her thoughts and feelings of herself and

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    kid in his class name charles who is very bad. His mom wants to meet Charles mom at the PTA meeting but she can't find his mother. But later in the story, laurie's mom finds that charles is not real. When she says to a teacher you must have your hands full with that Charles kid,and the teacher says we don't have a kid named Charles the mom looks stupid. By the use of plot and sentence structure it shows that lying may hurt more than one person. Lying is shown as the central issue throughout the

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    imperative are explained with Kant’s conceptive on lying. His argument about lying is back with universal law. There’s conflict among Kant’s argument, there might be situation where lying might be necessary. Kant believe in responsibility of telling the truth but not the lie. In summary, in this chapter, Rachels uses

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    Why People Lie Essay

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    Yiu Ho lai Why people tell lie outline Let’s say that, we always hear lies everywhere. Lies can hurt other people, and lies can be a joke to have fun with everyone. Lies can also be a way to glossing over the fact. Lies can protect who are telling the lie. Everyone lies, although the ideas of lying to people are wrong, but people still lie about anything in their life. In this essay, it will talk about which ways people will lie and how they lie. 1: Sometimes, some people will use a lie to hurt

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    more pain, a lie is the morally correct. Lying is defined as misleading someone deliberately. The philosopher Kant believed that lying is always morally wrong. He believes that it is not just wrong telling a lie, but a person is more immoral because they are corrupting the capacity of a human. He also believes that this prevents others to act rationally, because lies undermine the dignity of others. The philosopher Fried has a similar belief, he believes lying is wrong, no matter if the lie will cause

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    entire lifetime and only for certain periods in time, for instance, when attending court. Why is this? Why is it that humans lie so frequently? Research shows that this behavior started not too long after language began to be prominent among human beings and it was, and still is, used as a way to manipulate others without having to use physical force (Morris). This is not to say that we all use the act of lying for this reason. Some use it for selfless reasons like the sergeant that Stephanie Ericsson

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    Lying, a five letter word that is naturally connected to most politicians and leaders. How does this assumption come to be? And what causes them to be perceived in this manner? When a leader wants to get something accomplished, especially when it comes to International relations, they must consciously think of ways to persuade their followers into siding with them. The first thought that most naturally comes to their mind is, how am I going to persuade or coax the general public into siding with

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    Heart. This is a great work by Edgar Allan Poe. This story tells about true life. It tells about lying, crime, murder, and deceit. To sum it all up Tell- Tale Heart is appropriate for my age. The first reason why Tell- Tale Heart is appropriate is because it teaches you a lesson. It teaches you a lesson by showing you that everything that is done in the dark comes to the light. That the first reason why the Tell- Tale Heart is appropriate for middle school students. Another reason Tell-

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