Argumentative Essay: Is Lying Justified?

Imagine you were playing baseball and all of a sudden you hit a homerun and break a window. What would you do would you say the truth or just say a lie. In this case, I firmly believe that lying is okay when you are trying to save someone’s life or get someone out of trouble. Lying is justified when it it can be used to protect and care for others. According to the
Associated Press Ipsos poll, they say that “two-thirds said it was okay to lie especially when you are trying to protect others (2).” Therefore, when someone tells you not to tell the other person something important because he might get a heart attack that's when you don't; tell them and lie to them. According to the AP-Ipsos poll, they say that,” 1,000 adults taken June 23-27 , four in 10 people said it was OK to sometimes exaggerate on a story to make it more interesting.” When you don't want to go to work because you're not in the mood of working, you could just call in and say that you have to go to to an important meeting or you're sick. That’s the reason why i think it is okay to lie when you are trying to protect others or get out of trouble.
“Not only is lying justified, it is sometimes a moral duty,” say Randy Cohen, an ethics colonist.(2) Lying could get people out of trouble and save someone. Lying could get people out of trouble because when you get in trouble by your parents you would not want to tell them the truth you would want to exaggerate and lie to convince them not to get you in trouble. “Lying is not just to lie it is not to tell a whole lie or a whole truth” said 16-year old, Margo.(7) When you lie you don't lie for the fun of it, you lie because either you're in trouble or you want to exaggerate on