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    about when people lie and how at times it could be the right thing to do in certain times and how some people might view it as the wrong thing to do even if it is for a good reason. We see every day that people who are in power or famous lie about something so simple that it ends up destroying their career or even ruin their lives at home. An example of this from the reading is when Ross Perot lied about not going into the people who worked with him private life. Ross did not have to lie about going into

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    The lie however‚ does not end here. It goes on to fantasize that each person was formed with a metal included in the mixture. Gold for those who would be rulers‚ silver for the auxiliaries‚ and iron and copper for the working class (Plato 415a). It would seem that the only purpose of this “noble” lie was to instill an impression of inability in the lower classes of the society. By using this lie‚ the ruler’s of the society would be able to indoctrinate the citizens‚ and have them submit to their

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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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    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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    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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    shown but not what the soldiers know. The theme “People in power lie to persuade civilians to do their their dirty work without them knowing the true aftermath of war”‚ is seen evidently throughout the four texts I have chosen. The song Hero of War by Rise Against‚ the song War Pigs by Black Sabbath‚ the film Rambo by Ted Kotcheff and the film American Sniper by Clint Eastwood. The song Hero of War portrays the theme of “People in power lie to persuade civilians to do their their dirty work without them

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    be your topic sentence for body paragraph 2) Recognize 2a: ____________________________________________ Recognize 2b: ____________________________________________ Paragraph 1: Introduction Thesis Statement: The song “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem and Rihanna is an excellent advocate for the struggles and negativity that domestic violence creates. _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Hook: Love

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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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    Child Labor: The World’s Biggest Perpetrators     Catherine Miller‚ Gabby Tomlinson‚ Becca Pineda‚ Pilar Garcia     December 2014                           Issues such as child labor can be considered social problems. Social problems are defined  as “conditions that are evaluated as wrong‚ widespread‚ and changeable” (Loseke‚ 2003‚ p.7).  Social construction theory refers to the process of how social problems are made. First‚ social  construction theories are presented to claims­makers who deem the theories as a social problem 

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