It's The Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying

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.

In the article “It’s the truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” the author believes that lying is only justified if it doesn’t hurt anyone. The author supports his claim by stating “Apparently white lies are acceptable, even necessary, part of many lives-even though we dislike the idea of lying.” This supports his claim by saying that lying is sometimes necessary. Also, the article states that 65 percent of Americans voted that it was ok to lie sometimes. This also helps his claim by stating that people will lie to protect each other or to not cause harm. The author also supports his claim by stating “Not only is lying justified, It is sometimes a moral duty.” (Randy Cohen) This also supports the claim by saying sometimes you have to lie

“...ok to lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.” The people who believe lying is justified, usually say it’s ok to not tell the truth to cover someone’s feelings or to keep someone from being hurt mentally and/or physically. However in the long run, they may think it’s for the better but are still blatantly lying and could possibly cause even more damage than intended. “Apparently even white lies are acceptable, even necessary.” Everyone tells a white lie here and there, and if they’re lucky it won’t affect anyone, but why should it be risked? Just because we color code a lie doesn’t makes it kind of “ok.” Do we say a white lie is ok, and a yellow lie is bad, and a red lie is unacceptable?o, because a lie is lie in the end, whether is considered a “white lie” or just a lie. A person might tell a white lie, but gets caught so has to cover it with another lie again and again, and in the end turns out not to be considered a white lie anymore. Others who say it’s justified, have a different opinion on lying, but as a question, why should we lie when honesty is an option?Everyday people hear others lie and see how bad the outcome it could be, however still deliberately lie. When a person lies to you they don’t respect you in a way others don’t see, or when a person calls you a liar they insult your integrity. However, in vise versa if the opposite person lies to them they are being egocentric. So in the

Furthermore, it is justified to lie in order to prevent hurting someone. Most people are familiar with the white lies we tell to avoid an argument or just to make others feel better. These lies can be found in the article “It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying”, published by NBCNews.com. Within this article, people are asked about their opinions on when it is okay to lie. It states, “In the AP-Ipsos poll, 65 percent

Lying can be described as the act of telling an untruth, but just when is it ok to lie? In the articles, “It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying,” from Life on NBCNEWS.com, and “Brad Blanton: Honestly, Tell the Truth,” by Barbara Ballinger, it provides evidence that leads me to believe that lying is acceptable when you do it to protect a relationship or someone from a life or death situation.

Lying is something you have done, I have done, and everyone to ever live has done. Each and every person that denied that statement, at this moment lied. Situations people lie in is an ultimately different matter in hand. The accustomed, influenced character of a person believes you should tell the truth, endlessly. Nevertheless, justified lies can go to the extent only when you are protecting someone's life or feelings.

Do you believe lying is okay? Paul Gary, Priscilla Painton, and Elizabeth Rudolph wrote an article “The U.S. Political campaign; lies to protect” talking about their prospective on the situation. I agree with this article because sometimes we need to protect others from the truth about how we feel. Also just to keep the person as our friend.

First, it is okay to lie when you are trying to protect someone's feelings , and from getting hurting them. What I mean by protecting someone's feelings , it is that you know something that can really hurt them. An example is when you find out something very serious happened to your family so, you lie to your siblings so they do not get worried. Two thirds said it was okay to lie in certain situations. My source is from the article ¨ It's the Truth , Americans Conflicted About Lying ¨ Another example is when you do not want your kids eating too much , so you say all the cookies are gone. It can be hard to get people to tell the truth , especially about lying. My source is from the article ¨ It's The Truth, Americans Conflicted About Lying¨.

Lying is sometimes justified. Some may feel that lying is never acceptable because it is morally wrong, however, I believe lying is acceptable when it can be used to protect others. Lying can cause harm to people and hurt them. In “Rejecting All Lies” by Sissela Bok, Immanuel Kant states that lying always harms mankind individually.

Is it ever a good thing to lie? What about in serious situations? Nat Hocken in the short story “The Birds” lied to his children for good reasons. A few reasons for this are the following: to keep the children calm, they weren't old enough to understand, and it's Nat’s job as a parent to protect them. For Mat and his family to survive he had to keep his children calm.

One reason why lying is mostly unjustified is because it’s even more stressful than telling the truth. In the article “Brad Blanton: Honestly, Tell the Truth” by Barbara Ballinger she focuses on Brad Blanton, a psychotherapist that states “...it keeps you locked in the jail of your own mind… truth is easier, takes less time… less stressful.” This shows that lying is mostly unjustified because although many people think lying is easier, it just makes it harder on yourself. It creates stress and fills your mind with guilt. In reality, it’s easier to deliver the truth to the person you lied to. In spite of this, many people still disagree with this argument. For example, in the article ”It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” by NBCNews they quote Bella DePaulo who studied about the phenomenon about lying and states ””People who say lying is wrong are often thinking in the abstract… we can’t always pick honesty without compromising some other value that might be as important”-like maintaining a happy relationship… partner is saying something you

For the sake of others or themselves? While some lie to simply protect others, others lie to selfishly protect themselves. Regardless of the good will or selfish intention behind the lie, one will always confront consequences when telling a lie. These consequences have the ability to easily surpass the benefits. “Hurt me with the truth, but never comfort me with a lie.”

“Lying can be giving some information while believing it to be untrue, intending to deceive by doing so.” (BBC - Ethics - Lying) A example of someone who had to tell a lie and deceive others to protect people she cared about was Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman had to lie and deceive many people to protect the people most important to her. She lied so she could bring groups of slaves out of Maryland on the underground railroad. If Harriet Tubman would have not lied the slaves would have never escaped and the other people trying to rescue them may have been caught. Harriet tubman lied, but she did it to save the lives of many families and groups from the life of a slave and by doing that also saved many lives. The type of lies the Harriet Tubman told are acceptable because they were told for the greater good and protection of others. If the lie can save lives or protect the safety of peoples it can be

People aged 18 to 29 were among the groups most likely to say lying was sometimes ok. Lying can sometimes be ok when used for a good purpose. In article 1, “It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted about Lying”, it states “an obvious example is when you’re lying to protect someone from serious harm.” This quote from Article 1 suggests that when someone is in need of help it is ok to lie. The quote also makes you think of how lying can benefit someone other than yourself. As said in article 3, “Brad Blanton: Honestly tell the Truth”, it states “...we shouldn’t manipulate the truth except for rare times—if you’re hiding Anne Frank in your attic because her life is in danger.” Article 3 informs, or suggests, you not to make lying a habit. It is important

Finally, we lie because we do not want to get hurt. An example is we protect our own feelings. They say that honesty is the best policy but this does not work all the time, we lie because the truth hurts. Another example is we protect our pride. Most of us do not want to tell the truth because we do not want to admit that we are wrong.