extent is truth different in mathematics‚ the arts and ethics? As the great Socrates ones said‚ that by admiting that you dont know anything‚ so you can learn something that is how I discover the things that I want to know. The only way of knowing things is the way of becoming conscious of our unknowing‚ so we can learn. Awareness of the unknowing is the beginning of knowledge. Thus‚ we can always look for the truth‚ but the best is if never said that we found it. We may just think of the truth. We may
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Truth is Truth‚ Lying is Lying Judith Viorst describes in her essay “The Truth about Lying‚” a very interesting and intellectual composition. The author has made a great exertion to try to present four different kinds of lies people tell in their daily life. She has separated them into four sub-groups: Social Lies‚ Peace-Keeping Lies‚ and Protective Lies‚ and Trust-Keeping Lies‚ and uses headings to separate them. She has used a lot of different techniques to convey her message to the reader. Over
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The Ways We Lie By Stephanie Ericsson It is curious to think that any one person could be telling a lie without knowing that they are. In the essay “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson‚ she explores the thought of how lies are incorporated into everyday life. According to this essay‚ “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we minimize‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we spare people’s feelings‚ we conveniently forget‚ we keep secrets‚ we justify lying to the big-guy institutions”. How do we know what
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including ourselves. Moreover‚ we also have educated that it is better to accept the consequences of my actions than to lie. However‚ the more we grow up‚ the more we know about using of lying because telling the truth cannot always solve the problem. From my point of view‚ some lying is acceptable‚ some is not. It depends upon what purposes that make people tell lies. A white lie is allegedly one which is done for someone’s good and which harms no one. There’s no such thing. The philosophical view
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always morally wrong to lie? Yes‚ I strongly agree‚ others might disagree; moreover‚ this can depend on one’s own morals. A young mother or a young father might tell a story to their children about Santa Claus‚ the Easter Bunny‚ or the Tooth Fairy. Mothers and Fathers tell and read these stories to their children all of the time just like their mothers and fathers and their mothers and fathers. These are stories‚ told each year giving a child hopes and dreams. Is it a lie? I do not think so‚ because
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People are not being honest with others‚ or with their self. In other words; they are lying. I am writing this paper to discuss the causes and effects on lying. Why do people lie? We all have our own reasons for not telling the truth at times. These are the main reasons why people lie: 1. Enhancing their reputation: People lie to make themselves seem better. They may want to impress their friend or their boyfriend/ girlfriend‚ but they are lying nonetheless. People may be exaggerating or lying about
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agenda’s‚ truth is sometimes ignored or becomes irrelevant. The question is if truth has become so twisted that it doesn’t really exist in its original meaning anymore? If truth has been lost there must be a substitute‚ this is where post-truth originated. Post-truth is when decisions are based upon emotions rather than facts‚ this is dangerous because each person feels a different way and therefore can justify melding a subject to fit their own liking. Post-truth has caused all truths to be called
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An Inconvenient Truth? More Like a Convenient Lie. Scientific method states that any given hypothesis must be tested and predictions that it makes must be valid in order to be considered a theory. “Data tests hypothetical concepts and predictions. If they don’t hold up‚ then the hypothesis requires modification.” (Gerhard12) Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) does not meet these criteria. The AGW hypothesis states that temperature increases are the result of CO2 increases produced
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front of the boss‚ or sparing someone’s feelings‚ many people find themselves doing it anyway. In fact‚ more than 80 percent of women admit to occasionally telling what they consider harmless half-truths‚ says Susan Shapiro Barash‚ author of Little White Lies‚ Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie (St. Martin’s Press‚ $15‚ amazon.com). And 75 percent admit to lying to loved ones about money in particular. The tendency to tell tales is “a very natural human trait‚” explains David L. Smith
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Why Men Lie (and always will) by Vince Passaro Before I pulled my Roberto Duran‚ before I moved out‚ before I lost the ability to go forward in what had been a long and rich and difficult and painful and profoundly rewarding marriage with three great children—before I lost the strength and desire‚ to put the matter more precisely‚ to try to be the person I was supposed to be and hide the one I’d become‚ I asked my wife: “Why do men lie so much?” I can see now that the long pondering I’d been doing
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