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    always telling the truth‚ no matter the situation. In a utopian society there is only honesty‚ even in politics. To lie to some one is to deceive them and people in this society do not deceive others. When you lie you can not stop because after you tell a lie you have to keep lying in order to cover up the lies you have already told. Always telling the truth is very important. If you lie and you happen to get caught you become mistrust worthy‚ and no body wants to be look at as mistrust worthy.

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    Q.1. Using concepts from reinforcement theory‚ explain why Elena might be motivated to lie to customers. With reinforcement theory in mind‚ do you think that Elena will confess to the legal representative? Why or why not? According to Reinforcement theory‚ Theorists believe that the behavior of an individual is environmentally caused‚ i.e. an individual’s behavior depends on the consequences of the behavior. In this case also Elena saw her supervisor lying to the customers just to make more money

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    Esme’s baby‚ the secret of Esme being kept at Cauldstone and also the secret that Kitty was not an only child. The lies that are portrayed are that Kitty was living a lie‚ the lie of the baby‚ Kitty was also lying to herself by telling herself that it would be alright to take the baby when she knew that it was wrong and the last lie was that Mrs. Dalziel was lying to everyone by telling them that Esme was drunk at the dance. These secrets and lies portray the way that the author wants to see the novel

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    et cetera. It’s human nature to tell the occasional lie; however‚ the defining difference between a regular person telling simple lies‚ and a Pathological Liar is as follows. Basic liars have a motivation for their lies. Their lying is premeditated and they only lie occasionally when they see it fit and beneficial to them or the situation. Pathological Liars‚ on the other hand‚ lie impulsively with not much thought or reason behind it. They lie constantly and compulsively. The key difference being

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    Langston’s Lie In his essay called “Salvation”‚ Langston Hughes recalls how he was introduced to religion and the church. He goes to say that at thirteen years old he was brought to his Aunt Reed’s church and was told that he needed to be saved by Jesus Christ. At the ceremony‚ while all the other children went up to accept Jesus‚ Langston and another child named Westley remained seated. As the congregation prayed and the priest sang psalms‚ Westley cracked under the pressure and went up to the

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    eyes to things that we know in the back of our head that it is not right‚ that is when justice involves. Standing up for yourself or others gets really hard. 2) “No lie can live forever…truth crushed to earth will rise again.” Even though you can get away with a lie‚ it always comes back to haunt you. People who continuously lie can get caught up and begin to believe their lies. Telling the truth is always the better option because one way or another‚ people can figure out that you are lying to

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    “artificial truth”. On the other hand some people follows (follow) honesty is (as the) best policy rule (eliminate) in their life (lives). According their opinions every person should start their life on the basis of truth and there is no need tell a lie in their whole life. So‚ I would like to (eliminate) prefer to tell the truth in my relationship. My preference is based on the clear standpoint and grow up process resulted by telling the truth. (i didn’t understand that) Firstly (First)‚ as John

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    Anna are both complicated in their actions‚ yet they are different in their reasons and motivations. Throughout both stories‚ we can perceive how both characters commit adultery‚ lie and try to continue with their lives. Then again‚ we can appreciate how different they are when it comes to guilt reaction‚ the way they lie and how they do it‚ and even the way they love or how their emotions work. Famous writer Oscar Wilde states that those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful

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    Pro-Social Lying Pro-social lying‚ also known as white lies‚ can be defined as an unimportant lie‚ especially one told to be tactful or polite. Kaplar and Gordon (2004) believe “lie tellers may not be fully aware of what actually motivated their behavior” (p. 490) which can be better explored in research involving pro-social lying and relationships. By measuring the extent of which individuals lie can better inform researchers why individuals do it. When searching for information regarding why

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    it was OK to lie in certain situations‚ like protecting someone’s feelings.” It also states in paragraph seven‚ “nearly two-thirds of Americans agree. In the AP-Ipsos poll‚ 65 percent of those questioned said it was sometimes OK to lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings‚ even though 52 percent said lying‚ overall‚ was never justified.” With this being stated‚ these quotations not only show that most individuals agree that lying is‚ overall‚ justified but that it is acceptable to lie such as when

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