lied to countless people are government leaders. According to John Mearsheimer’s book Why Leaders Lie ‚ leaders that belong to a democratic country are most likely to lie its citizens. Regardless‚ it is vital to a democratic-republic to have its government leaders lie to its citizens. Primarily‚ the matter should not be who leaders are lying to‚ but what leaders are lying about. Secondly‚ leaders must lie so their enemies do not know what they are thinking. Lastly‚ our leaders should have other valuable
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“No‚ you look great in that color”‚ “I don’t think you need to diet”‚ or “I’ve never binge watched Netflix” are all example of common lies we tell. As Stephanie Erecsson‚ the author of “The Ways We Lie” essay‚ implies that white lies are necessities for living. Though‚ when lies are incorporated into important affairs‚ lots of trouble can be aroused. Lying can become a cultural cancer when provided in any political or governmental situation‚ however‚ in an individual’s personal life‚ lying is necessary
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Lie Hurts Than The Bitter Truth Truthfulness is a fundamental moral value within a society. Truth telling is considered as an important responsibility in health care field. Doctors should not lie to patients in their role of medical profession. However‚ some medical professionals believe that physicians should tell lies to benefit their patients.(Toscani ‚ Maestroni &Farsides‚ 2006).According to Sissella Bok (2007) physicians should not lie because truth telling assists patients to deal with
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do I think lying’s the best [for any situation]." But what if he knew how lying is inevitable in our everyday lives and how they could be of use in certain situations‚ like Ericsson’s Vietnam veteran example? In "The Ways We Lie"‚ Ericsson covers on the many ways we lie in our daily lives‚ besides the typical deceptive statements. Some include the notorious ’white lies’‚ omission‚ delusion‚ facades‚ and groupthink scenarios. Lies are mostly devices for selfish motives or self-promotion (though
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the concept of lying by age four and most adults are unable to go 10 minutes without lying once. It is only reasonable that we expect businesses to lie. I believe it is unethical to advertise products as being scarce if that’s not the truth. There are numerous scriptures in the bible about lying. The ninth commandment states‚ “Thou Shalt not lie.” Psalms 15:1-3 says‚ “God expects truth to permeate every facet of our lives.” I take that to mean both our personal lives as well as our professional
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Lies have been around for as long as people have been. We all lie‚ whether it is to protect someone we love of to cover up something we don’t want others to know about‚ it is still lying‚ and we all do it everyday. Lying has become the new normal for our modern society‚ so much so‚ that some of us have lost our morals completely. It is just so much easier and quicker to just lie to someone than to tell the truth‚ and now you can never tell who is lying to you or who is telling the truth. People use
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Tell Them The ways lies can impact or affect the lives of the people who tell them are explained in “The Ways We Lie” written by Stephanie Ericsson in 50 Essays. Ericsson talks about the types of lies and how it impacts the person who tells lies. For instance Ericsson Three Common Lies Ericsson uses are The White Lie‚ Deflecting‚ and Omission. Stephanie Ericsson on The White Lie explains how a sergeant knows that one of his soldiers died in Vietnam and decided to document his soldier as missing
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would someone lie and say yes just to spare the friend’s feelings? Or if someone wanted to go to the movies with a friend and the friend did not want to go‚ would he or she straight up say “no I don’t want to go”? Or would they claim to be busy with something else just so there’s no hard feelings? The article “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson discusses nine different types of lies people tell and/or encounter almost on a daily basis. The article focus’ on deciding when to lie and also how those
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people lie? There may be many different opinions and maybe even many different excuses of why people lie. One thing is right thought and that is that lying is considered morally wrong in our society. In the United States Army lying is considered one of the most immoral actions a soldier or anyone else can take towards the army‚ especially if it’s lying to an NCO. In the army there is a zero tolerance for liars and lying in general. Even thought lying is morally wrong people continue to lie in their
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There are circumstances in which it is better to lie. In life we sometimes avoid the truth in order to prevent people from getting hurt. I do not believe lies should be used only for our convenience because that is wrong and selfish. If a small lie is told with intentions of protecting someone‚ than that is acceptable. In the book‚ My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult‚ the mother does not tell her daughter that her boyfriend has passed away. When the daughter asks where he has been‚ she simply
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