Is It Okay to Tell a Lie Based Off of A Lesson Before Dying

Occasionally, it's tolerable to tell a lie in order to help lessen the burden upon the people around you. For example, in A Lesson Before Dying, Grant wanted to come up with a small lie regarding his visit with Jefferson in order to keep Miss Emma's spirits up. Jefferson didn't acknowledge the fact that Miss Emma was "sick" or express his gratitude towards her cooking and Grant knew that that would've hurt Miss Emma. In order to avoid the despondency, Grant told Miss Emma that he got Jefferson to start talking and that he enjoyed the food. In a book that I've recently read, entitled Allegiant, there was a quote that pertains to this theme. The protagonist talked about how when a certain faction gains the practice of a virtue, it looses something else. An example of this theory is in the faction of Candor, where they're completely honest and frank. She goes on saying how in Candor, everyone may be completely honest, but they are also inconsiderate; they don't cerebrate what they say in order to keep the other person content. If one were to tell the truth all the time, there would be much despair in the world, rather than telling a small lie to spare one another's feelings.Occasionally, it's tolerable to tell a lie in order to help lessen the burden upon the people around you. For example, in A Lesson Before Dying, Grant wanted to come up with a small lie regarding his visit with Jefferson in order to keep Miss Emma's spirits up. Jefferson didn't acknowledge the fact that Miss Emma was "sick" or express his gratitude towards her cooking and Grant knew that that would've hurt Miss Emma. In order to avoid the despondency, Grant told Miss Emma that he got Jefferson to start talking and that he enjoyed the food. In a book that I've recently read, entitled Allegiant, there was a quote that pertains to this theme. The protagonist talked about how when a certain faction gains the practice of a virtue, it looses something else. An example of this theory is in the faction of