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What Is Lyin Lying?

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In this essay, I will firstly give an overview of what morality is and further refer to moral values. Secondly, an explanation of what lying entails is given. Lastly, the theory of relativism and egoism is defined and applied to the morality of lying.
The word ‘Moral ‘comes from the Latin word ‘mores’, meaning habits. Its aim is to teach people or the society how to be a better person. An example is; if you have a strong character, you are a good member of the society, but if you are someone who lies and is dishonest, he or she might be considered as an “immoral” person. Hence morality is the system through which we determine right and wrong conduct. Conduct represents values, which is a key factor of morality. Values tend to influence attitudes and behaviours and also reflect a person’s sense of right and wrong or what “ought” to be. A person has and needs different values than another person, so therefore what is of value to one person may not be of value to another. …show more content…

Lying means presenting oneself in a way that is inconsistent with the true nature of oneself. According to wikipebia` A lie is a statement that is known or intended by its source to be misleading,inaccurate or false.” I have lied numerous of times, for various occasions. As a young child, we lied just for the sake of not getting into trouble with our parents, friends, teachers and elders. A lie was being told after the other without realizing the consequences of the actions. Was is alright to lie, who would I affect in the long run or even was lying beneficial for me? Now as an adult, matured and also following this class has made me realize that either u lie for your own benefit and also you can lie to make the majority

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