Lying In America

Lying, something most people say is really bad. Is it actually though. Lying isn't that terrible depending on how it's used. It can be used to get to prevent getting yourself in trouble, to get something that is cool, to keep a relationship, or to even keep a friend. Lying is ok in certain situation

Lying could be both bad or good, but it depends on the reason. Lying is often used with trying to stay alive. For example, in Night, an inmate told both Elie and his father to lie about their ages, in the text it says, ¨´Hey, kid, how old are you?´ The man interrogating me was an inmate. I could not see his face, but his voice was weary and warm. ´Fifteen.´ ´No. You're eighteen´ ´But I'm not,´ I said. ´I´m fifteen.´ ´Fool. Listen to what I say.´...´ I'm fifty.´ ´No.´ The man now sounded angry. ´Not fifty. You're forty. Do you hear? Eighteen and forty´¨(Wiesel 30). This shows that they had to lie or else they may not have even been able to work in the concentration camps that they were

Did you know everyone has lied once in their life many people feel lying is a a bad thing to do. Lying is okay sometimes like lies to protect others,lies to get out of a situations,and lies to protect yourself.

People believe that there is a “good” lie and a “bad” lie. “Good” lies are classified as lies that you tell for good reasons. For example, telling your friend she looks good in an outfit even if she looks bad, just to avoid hurting her feelings. “Bad” lies are classified as lies that someone tells to deliberately mislead someone from the truth and these lies usually have negative connotations. For example, spilling water all over grandma’s computer but blaming it on someone else. People tell “bad” lies to cover up the truth, to take the blame off themselves, or to bring negativity. However, there truly is no difference between a “good” lie and a “bad” lie. Both of these types of lies have been brought up as a way to try to justify lying, when really, dishonesty in any form is more

As a general articulation, there is very little contention that would emerge when one expresses that lying is wrong. However, when proffered theoretical circumstances start to crawl further into different circumstances, people will start to dodge and legitimize why lying would be satisfactory in specific circumstances.

A good lie is considered a lie that you tell in order to help yourself or someone else out. It could be to save there life, or it could to stop them from having to go home to their

Lying is something that as a society, we have all learned to do together. We all know a liar, some of us have even become one ourselves. Sometimes, it’s necessary; we may lie to spare the feelings of someone we care about. Sometimes, we lie to get ourselves out of trouble. Sometimes, a lie seems so small that it won't hurt us nor anyone in the process, so who’s to say lying is bad?

In black and white, lying can be "good" or "bad" but there is more to the matter than just good and bad. Some think that lying is always beneficial, some think it is always detrimental, some think it goes both ways. In William Shakespeare's classic tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, there is a consistent theme of deceiving others for your own good but also for their good. Depending on who you are, you have different moral codes and ideas about what is right and what is wrong and based on the morals that you possess, you form an opinion about lying being beneficial or not beneficial.

Lying is a very serious problem everywhere, especially in America. I’ve been told that in America, credit is very important to have in able to become successful, besides, no one likes a compulsive liar.

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

Lying, on the other hand maintains happy relationship. In some instances, when relationships are at stake we tell lies to cover up for our mistakes and save the relationship. “People who say lying is wrong are often thinking in the abstract. In our real lives,we can’t always pick honestly without composing some other value that might be as important.” Telling a lie can be a solution to solve problems between people. And with that, we can managed and keep our relationship with others. There are many ways to tell a lie, and sometimes it is better than telling the

Need a guide to lying? Don't know what to say to get your way? Well then you're in the wrong place reading the wrong paper. Don't understand lying and don't know when to lie? The answer is here! “ All our lives we've been taught to lie.”(Blanton), but is it what we should do? Think of why you've lied before. To spare someone's feelings, or to get out of troubled. We lie for ourselves most of the time, but that occasion comes when you lie for others. Is it ok to lie to do something bad? Is it ok to lie to save someone? What do you think.

Boster, F. J., Kim, S. B., & Levine, T. R. (2010). The prevalence of lying in America:

People often tell lies to benefit themselves, not knowing that they could potentially be hurting another person. If a person is covering up something that they did, they’re lying. If they want to make a friend feel better about themselves by complimenting them on something that isn’t true, they’re lying. According to Lying is not awful for our society because we’ve been doing it for so long that it has become a habit for people to lie and it doesn’t affect us anymore.

Many people today do not understand the effects of kindness. Before the Iranian Revolution, people in America were very considerate towards newcomers and immigrants. However, the effects of this were unknown to them unless they are thanked or appraised. In Firoozeh Dumas’s life, she experienced overwhelming amounts of kindness from Americans where she lived. “We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America” (Dumas 92). Even though Americans were not as considerate after the Iranian Revolution, the kindness they showed to Dumas and her family was enough to imprint them for life. Kindness is something that can shape a person’s life, and it will always be remembered.