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    375). Depending on an individual’s upbringing lying can have someone felling guilt and nervousness. Lies allow us to be afraid of the truth while we try to find an escape from the problem. Growing up I can recall how worried I felt when I told a lie, that fear of being caught and the consequences that might come from someone finding out. Now as I grow old my feelings are still in the same place, however, I my learning through my experiences that lying doesn't just deceive the receiver but I can deceive

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    Why Is Lying Wrong

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    I do agree that lying is wrong, but is permissible at times. The utilitarian theory would suggest that lying would be permissible as long as it gave the greatest number of people pleasure and only hindered the minority. With children I feel that this is especially true because their fragile minds may not be able to comprehend the truth. Furthermore, telling the truth to your children may not be beneficial to either you or the child. However, I do try to tell my children the truth on most things,

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    The Truth Lies Of Lying

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    Keller Mikkelson Ms. King Am. Lit. 2 Per: 2 March 26, 2015 The Truth of Lying People lie about almost everything; should some lies be determined better or more ethical than another? The definition of a lie is a deliberately artificial statement. When a person lies they believe that the truth is worse to say. The truth may hurt another 's future, reputation, or worse, the liar 's future or reputation. Why

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    anyone to undergo, no matter how fearless. In The Crucible, John Proctor is me with the choice of lying to save his skin, or the option of being hanged. Lying, in a puritanical society is heavily frowned upon as a sin, while being hung means a terrible demise. This is why, when considering Proctors forgiveness of himself, the names of Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse, and his religious beliefs on lying, John made the correct decision in being hanged at the gallows. Throughout the entirety of The Crucible

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    Lying In Huck Finn

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    In the movie Huckleberry Finn lying plays a big role in the plot. I personally do not like lying at all and believe it will only get you further into trouble, but this story does an excellent job of proving me wrong. There are plenty of times where Huck easily produces a name and why he is where he is. He effortlessly comes up with elaborate back stories and takes away any suspicion from himself. I’d like to say that there are no benefits to lying, but it definitely helps Huck escape some sticky

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    Allison, Bastard out of Carolina). In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the town of Salem is being held together by false truths, and the people of the Salem witch trials are to be prosecuted for it. Lying is to blame for the Salem witch trials because it lead to the deaths of many innocent people. Lying is to arraign because Abigail, a 17 year old girl and the niece of Reverend Parris, starts spreading rumors to protect the scandalous episode in the woods with the other girls. Similarly, Elizabeth

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    Why Is Lying Wrong

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    Is Lying Wrong? Lying has been common to everyone, and people argue if lying is good or bad. When is it the best time to lie? Many people, especially teens, have been lying for a purpose, to protect others, but some people lie due to their irresponsibilities. Lying is sometimes acceptable when it is used as warranted, used to protect someone, but some people don’t believe in lying and say it was never justified. Half of the people believe that lying is never warranted, as two-third of the people

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    No matter what you may do to stop yourself from lying, you’ll never get away. Lying is just an characteristic of human nature that is always going to happen. In the play, The Crucible, many of the characters lie and are very dishonest, each of them having a different reasons. The straight forward Puritan idea often makes the characters to bargain their honesty because they feel like the only other thing they can do is lie. Abigail and John Proctor did have an affair, but Proctor denies that there

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    Why Is Lying Acceptable

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    Is Lying Acceptable? Getting people to tell the truth can never be easy, but lying can never be as easy either. Lying will never solve anything, you should always take responsibility for your consequences. In some cases, lying can be okay, on the other hand lying was never what so ever justified. Telling the truth would be better, though more times lying is just easier and causes people from getting hurt. It can also be hard to get people to face the truth sometimes. Lying can be acceptable when

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    When Is Lying Justified

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    Have you been accused of lying and are feeling down? If so, I would like to share that lying can fall into two categories; justified and unjustified. Unjustified lies usually consist lies intended to cause harm and lies used for the liar’s favor. Justified lies include white lies and lies used to protect others from danger. So, lies can be justified if certain conditions are met. Lying may seem cowardly or weak, but in some cases, it can determine someone’s fate. “Anne Frank survived as long as

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