choses to do good. Even though it may be a bad or evil decision‚ to them it is a good decision for them. He believed no person had intentions of evil or wrong doing and if they had knowledge of wrong doing‚ they would choose to do good instead. The Apology and Allegory of the Cave Readings‚ is much like the Good Brahmin’s (Voltaire) in that we are as wise‚ as we engage ourselves into. If we do not venture outside our comfort zone or space‚ we cannot learn about the world‚ cultures‚ different people
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NOT be able to tell the truth even when the truth is clearly obvious or evident? What makes a person tell lies instead of the truth? Liars eventually get caught in their tangled web of lies and deceitfulness. Lying hurts the liar and those who are subjected to the lies of the liar. Lying hurts relationships and it makes the liar untrustworthy. A liar violates the trust others may have had in them when they are caught in their lies. Liars seem to carry an enormous amount of burden upon their shoulders
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and then were to tell us how many days and nights he passed in the course of his life better and more pleasantly than this one‚ I think any man‚ even a great king‚ will not find many such days or nights‚ when compared with the others.” (Socrates‚ “Apology”‚ p. 49) 2.
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Daddy has left us. Huhuhhuuu huuhhuuuu... Why is elder sister lying on the phone? Daddy is just lying on the bed; in fact‚ he’s not moving at all‚ maybe due to his sickness. Oh! Yeah‚ all the people have come to carry him to the hospital. Mommy‚ sister is playing pranks on the phone. However‚ he soon learned that his sister was not lying and daddy had in fact left for god’s home. Even though he lay there on the bed‚ he was gone and will soon become
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geometry. He was searching for knowledge and truth; Plato writing are in dialogue form with his teacher Socrates appearing in all but one of them. (Plato) In Plato dialogue he had for main point in it they were The Republic‚ Symposium‚ law‚ Meno and the Apology. Referring to the fact that Plato was the first philosopher to develop philosophical notion of human nature‚ human knowledge‚ and metaphysics. (notes) Plato had four great ideas one of the ideas was basically to make life so much better from my understanding
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the truth So common for them that it’s habit Don’t realize they’re lying Example: Bill Clinton didn’t want the truth of his affair to come out Example: child with chocolate on face‚ doesn’t want to get in trouble for eating candy Example: witness in a trial can’t remember what happened b/c he was drunk at the time Example: wife asks: do you think I’m fat? Husband says: of course not because he wants
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for many years. Native Hawaiians are among the poorest‚ sickest‚ most incarcerated‚ and least educated groups in their own homeland. Apology Resolution In 1993‚ the U.S. Congress enacted the Apology Resolution‚ an apology to Native Hawaiians for the United States’ involvement in the illegal overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893. The Apology Resolution was signed by President Bill Clinton. The resolution calls for "reconciliation between the United States and the Native
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Acting and lying are very different‚ but‚ by many people‚ can be confused. The most common words that confuse acting to lying is the phrase‚ “just kidding.” Kidding or joking is often a form of acting‚ but can be turned to lying very easily. For example‚ when you say a true thought and then say that you didn’t’ t mean it‚ you are saying that two different things are true‚ which is lying. Acting on a stage is not often portrayed as lying‚ but acting in your everyday life is or can be called lying. As you
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Why Lying Is Not Okay Elie Wiesel is the author of Night. The novel is about what Elie went through when he was in those different concentration camps. The novel’s themes ties to the topic of dishonesty by saying that no matter how much a person lies‚ the truth will come out. Lying is never okay because it gives people false hope ‚it hurts people’s feelings‚ and everything that was covered up will come into the light. The first reason lying is never okay is because it gives people false hope. One
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the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain “Lying is universal – we all do it.” In the essay‚ the author believes that all men lie because we must lie. There are many instances wherein men were prompted to lie at some point of their lives for the benefit of others. According to him‚ it’s better to give a good lie than a destructive truth. Lying for other’s advantage was given precedence than telling the truth at all times no matter how it hurts. Unfortunately‚ lying is easily covered with
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