best policy” means that telling the truth should be the first response to answering any question or dilemma. If a person lies‚ then that same person will end up having to make up another lie at some point to cover the first one they lied on. Once you start telling a lie then you have to tell another lie and another lie. Then lies become tiresome and you lose your trustworthiness. In a lot of situations where a negative situation has to be decided all the "true" facts are the ones that will be the best
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question‚ "What should I do?" It is naïve to assume that everyone retains a strong moral compass and does the ’right thing ’ even in small situations. Pinching a little piece of the pie‚ bending a rule once in a while‚ occasionally telling a white lie or just looking the other way for a moment‚ are common place in business. It is not the unethical act itself‚ but it is the rationalization of the unethical behavior that is the focus of this paper. Some of these rationalizations are honest misunderstandings
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roto Coleman And Kay - Prototype Semantics - 1981.pdf ================================================ Prototype Semantics: The English Word Lie Author(s): Linda Coleman and Paul Kay Source: Language‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 1‚ (Mar.‚ 1981)‚ pp. 26-44 Published by: Linguistic Society of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/414285 Accessed: 16/05/2008 18:33 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Make Lies Not War “A growing body of research shows that people lie constantly‚ that deception is pervasive in everyday life. One study found that people tell two to three lies every 10 minutes‚ and even conservative estimates indicate that we lie at least once a day”(Boser). Lying is something people do every day but where do people draw line on when lying is ok. Lying is considered by most a morally wrong thing to do because of the negative effects. However‚ there are many times when lying has
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block fuhrer’s are the ones who decides who lives and who dies. They were green triangles which means they are real criminals. They always make us crawl‚ jump‚ and makes us run until we faint but they allowed us to lie down on our straw mattress but it was uncomfortable to lie down because there was like 5 other people lying down with me and Graciela and we all shared only one blanket. When one person wanted to go to bed‚ everyone else had to follow.
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that Mill’s opinion is more directed towards act-utilitarianism. It may be more expedient to lie to gain happiness for an individual‚ or more importantly a group. One must consider the consequences and gains in any given situation in order to decide if the rule applies. A person must assess the greatest net gain of happiness in a particular situation to decide if the rule applies. If it is more expedient to lie to achieve long-term happiness‚ then that is the action that must be taken. In response
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don’t agree with you on any issues that you are talking. 11. Don’t forget to use visual aids - Giving presentations or lectures are not just about what you have to say‚ it is important to present visual supporting materials too. 12. Don’t lie - Be honest and truthful‚ even if you don’t know an
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In every living being we are given the ability to lie when something happens to us or other actions that fall upon us. This ability can be useful when something unexpected happens and theres is no choice but to lie. However‚ lying to cover up something that is harmful or important can have it’s own consequences for that action alone. There have been many debates over whether or not lying is a justifiable action to take when something comes up. Some argue that lying is wrong action to take because
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that his father doesn ’t lie for one day. All you find the next day is that Fletcher stops lying and can ’t lie for a whole day‚ which causes him a difficulty in his work being a lawyer who always lie to get through with his profession. The concept of this movie is lying‚ it showed us how lying can affect our lives. Lying cost Fletcher his marriage and his relationship with his son and made him lie during his work that he started believing his own lies. People who lie can be caught easily lying
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In Adrienne Rich’s essay‚ Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying‚ she discusses what could happen when people lie and how lying in all its different forms chips away at people’s basic morals and humanity. Rich explains that lying comes in different forms such as concealing parts of our identity or changing our physical appearance in order to fit society’s standards. Even little white lies or lies told to spare others’ pain can cause a huge effect on people’s lives. Rich focuses on the idea of women
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