Immanuel Kant: The Ethics Of Lying

Moral law decrees that lying to a friend in order to spare his or her feelings is impermissible. According to Immanuel Kant, lying in any instance is an immoral act and is not allowed. Subsequently, Jeremy Bentham, would state that people will always attempt to maximize happiness and minimize suffering, making lying acceptable in some cases. Lying is immoral especially in the case of attempting to keep a friend from feeling pain by telling them the truth. For example, if your friend were to ask you how they look in an outfit before they go on a date with and you lie to them about it saying that they look fine, this is not permissible. Lying, is never permissible and the truth should always answer you give to a friend. According to deontology there are multiple laws that must be followed if one is to act as a moral agent in the world.
If someone was trying to decide the morality of the act of lying to a friend, they must consider a world in which everyone everywhere on earth lies to one another constantly. Another law states that a person must act as though they were the moral authority in every instance of their interaction with someone. This is saying that a person must always act in a manner that would be deemed a good ethical and moral act. There is also a law that states that each person must act out of a sense of duty, regardless of the