Is Lying Ever Justified Essay

In a new Associated Presslpsos poll over half people said, lying was never justified.But in the same poll,two-thirds said it was ok to lie in certain situations,like protecting someone’s feelings.I firmly believe that lying is acceptable in our society. Lying is acceptable if it creates more positive results than negative ones.”When I was in high school, I would blame everything on my friends.I would blame them for bad things that I did,so I wouldn’t get in that much trouble,”says Sabrina,18-year-old Harold Washington College freshmen.(8)SInce she lied she gets a positive result which is not getting in trouble,instead of getting a negative result which is getting in big trouble.Sabrina also exclaimed,”There are more privileges in college than in high school.Since college, I don’t lie as much because there
Lying is also an acceptable form of communication as it allows life to progress smoothly.Rebecca Campbell,25-year-old mother from Quincey,III,told her 4-year-old son that there are no cartoons on T.V.Even though there are cartoons on all day Rebecca says it is easier to lie because it is time-consuming,as discipline often is.If she would have told her son the truth, then he would have been watching cartoons all day or complaining that he wants to watch cartoons.”Lying is easier than telling the truth.It is easier because telling the lie doesn’t complicate things,”explained Rebecca on page(2) in paragraph 4-5.Rebecca lied about something instead of telling the truth.Life is smooth when you tell a lie and it is a good form of communication Some people may argue that lying can destroy your human dignity.For example,Immanuel Kant says,”Lies harm the liar himself,by destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than a small thing.This an understandable concern, however lies protect others from hearing the horrible truth.This argument is also wrong because lying lets life roll on smoothly without having