Is it right or wrong to lie?

Christopher employs the use of white lies because he sees them as still being truthful. For example “He said, ‘where have you been?’ And I said, ‘I have been out.’ This is called a white lie. A white lie is not a lie at all.

Lying is part of human nature. On average, we tell one to two lies a day. We all lie. Some do it more often than others. We even do it to ourselves on occasion. There are many ways to tell a lie. And sometimes we may not even intend to lie, it just happens. Lying is inevitable. It happens whether we like it or not. But it is up to us whether we let it drastically influence our lives. In The Ways We Lie by Stephanie Ericsson, the author discusses the different types of lies we encounter and tell in our daily lives.

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.

I agree with the fact that lying is NOT okay. BUT, its also okay in certain situations. Most adults lie to their children about multiple things such as: believing there is a Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, etc. Some adults Some children think what they are being told is true

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.

Since time immemorial, human beings have been lying and according to a study by Bella M. de Paulo et al. on the average every person lies once to twice a day. There are of course all kind of motivations behind a lie, for example people lie to give themselves an advantage or to avoid getting in trouble, when they did wrong. No matter what the intention of lying is, we can all admit that we do it, some more frequently than others, some do it habitually and some of us only as a last resort.

Lying requires a lot more brain power and demands a flawless plan to go about telling it. Keeping the story constant is undoubtedly necessary to keep the lie undetected. Telling a faulty lie for your own sake may change the way others view you, and telling a flawed lie for the sake of a loved one may very well change the way people see them. In a study conducted by Michael Lewis in Is Your Child Lying To You? That's Good" by Alex Stone, 2-4-year-old children were asked to keep their eyes closed while an adult left them in the room with a toy. The vast majority of the young children told a lie to the adult with their parents watching. The fabricated statement is a significant risk

Lies are like truths in disguise and I think it is acceptable to lie except it shouldn’t have a great outcome. A person should think about how their deceptions could potentially harm someone and most importantly the effects of it. In my opinion, little white-lies are fine to tell but if it is any bigger than that it shouldn’t be told. It’s always better to be truthful and honest, but every now and then if a person really needs to tell a lie, it’s alright as long as they know the effects that it entails.

This paper discusses the issue of truth telling in nursing and the concept of therapeutic lying in order to avoid harming the patient. It also provides a personal example of the challenges involved in disclosing bad news for nursing students.

Obviously, lying is sometimes okay. But it’s a slippery slope. I remember hearing a friend once lie to another friend about how much money he and I had just lost at blackjack (it was like $150 and he said $250) in order to make the story even funnier. Not a huge deal—I’ve probably done the same thing other times—and yet, I never quite trusted this friend the same

Muzinic, L. , Kozaric-Kovacic, D. , & Marinic, I. (2016). Psychiatric aspects of normal and pathological lying. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 46, 88-93.

Lying in omnipresent and most would argue that in many cases lying is better than telling the truth. From a consequentialist and utilitarian’s view, lying creates more harm than good. According to Mill, there is a high moral assumption facing lying, as lying makes one less honest and weakens trust. So, when is lying morally permissible? One might suggest that lying is the most intuitively moral and justified option

In most cases, people don’t intend to lie. Sometimes our memory becomes defective and we may remember events a bit differently than how they

Pretty much everyone has told a few lies at one time or another. Lying starts at a young age when a child does something wrong and they are scared of the consequences. They must be reprimanded or this deceitful behavior will continue. It is looked down upon to tell a lie and yet people continue telling fibs in hopes of getting away with something. Being untruthful is like a disease because once you began lying you get tangled up in it like a web and can not stop. Lying can be used as a way to hurt a persons reputation. Petty girls tend to tell lies about girls that are prettier or smarter than them so that they may feel better about themselves. Lies can really hurt people that have done nothing wrong and this is why it ticks me

To lie by omission is another way some people choose to tell a lie. To lie by omission means to intentionally omit a vital piece or pieces of information leaving the other person with a misconception. For instance, a wife asks her husband if he were at the night club, the husband tells his wife that he is working late, which is true, however, he omit’s the fact that he also visited the night club. Lying by omission undermines the truth. It is often used to manipulate someone into altering their behavior to suit the desire of the deceiver. The lie is not the words or lack of words; the omission is the intention of the deceiver. Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre- existing misconceptions.