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    the rules Problem Honesty is when you tell the whole truth about something you know without changing anything about what happened‚ it´s something that should be practiced in behavior and in character as well. Some people think that lying to someone or lying about something is the easiest way to get out of some uncomfortable situation‚ but it´s actually worst getting caught by someone than telling the truth in the first place because If you were trying to not hurt other peoples feeling by telling

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    approaches to morality tends to lie more in the way moral dilemmas are approached than in the moral conclusions reached. The perfect example would be people argue that lying is wrong because of the negative consequence produced by lying. However‚ consequentialists may allow that certain foreseeable consequences might make lying acceptable. The relationship between virtue‚ value‚ and morals that values describe what is important in a person ’s life‚ while ethics and morals describe what is or is not

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    university of phoneix

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    letting us know what is acceptable and what’s unacceptable to remind us that honesty and truth is important and to never take shortcuts‚ lie‚cheat‚ or infringe on others rights above all they tell us that every community ‚school ‚and workplace have a set of rules that should be respected to ensure that everyone has a safe environment . 2. I learned to be an ethical learner requires honesty. We should behave in an ethical manner and proper choices when doing our work. Lying‚ cheating and dishonesty

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    relative‚ as a whole‚ moral standards have not really changed. There has never been a culture in the history of the world that promoted values and actions contrary to what is considered to morally right. Not once has a culture promoted rape‚ murder‚ lying‚ stealing‚ or other similar deeds (Lewis‚ 1952). Logically‚ it is easy to understand why such actions would not be permitted. Only chaos can exist without the order and structure of absolute law. However‚ if logic is the only reasoning behind laws

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    their parents as role models. As a child grows up‚ parents continuously tell them how lying is not right‚ and many children to accept this. However‚ when the guardians eventually confess the veracity about Santa or when the child figures it out‚ usually around the age of 8 (Woolley)‚ the children assimilates more than enough information. Not only do they realize Santa is a myth‚ they will think that lying is acceptable‚ especially because their parents have been doing it

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    While you are in college the odds are that you will miss class once in a while. Some excuses for missing class are acceptable‚ while others may tend to aggravate your instructors or cost you academically. Since you are paying for your college classes you are the one who loses out when a class is missed. In addition to the material listed in the syllabus for that day there are usually questions and discussions that can not be made up or done later. Of course it is unrealistic to expect that any college

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    believes that lying is wrong because when people lied to him‚ they expect to treat him like a thing not a person. However‚ John thinks that lying is right due to some cases that people can save innocent lives by lying to a bunch of dangerous guys. I can say that both of them are right because they have their own evidence to approve their ideas. There is no certain evidence that moral rules exist. So‚ moral truth exists‚ but is not based on universal standards. Nobody can say that lying is absolutely

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    The movie is about two marines indicted for the murder of a fellow marine in their platoon. Private First Class (PFC) William Santiago died because of lactic acidosis triggered by the assault inflicted by Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Lowden Downey. This assault was the result of a direct order by the platoon commander Lieutenant Kendrick. The order was to train Santiago to respect the Code of the Marines and the chain of command. Private Santiago had broken this chain and written directly

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    What Makes Us Guilty?

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    In society‚ lying is a behavior that every human being does. Two type of lies exits in this world‚ lies of commission or omission. There are many reasons of why people choose to lie‚ and lies can be placed in separate categories such as‚ white lies and black lies. For instance‚ when someone shares the expression “white lie‚” the individual might be lying to protect self or others. These white lies have become more socially acceptable. However‚ not everyone who lies does it to protect others. There

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    Lies

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    But let’s be honest here‚ lying is a normal human aspect of life. In this society the overall moral and realistic view is that truthfulness is of virtue. But if one would try to imagine a world without lying‚ realistically thinking‚ it would be a world full of hurt and disappointment. Whoever said that honesty is the best policy‚ is lying. There are ways to fib that smooth over situations to the point where it is unclear what is true. Judith Viorst in The Truth About Lying states that there are 4 types

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