course lying is an act we try to avoid‚ but there are certain situations where telling a white lie would be acceptable. Specific situations where lying would be better than the truth would be for self-protection‚ the feelings of others‚ and urgent situations. Topic 1: Self-Protection: In a scenario where you were about to be raped‚ hurt‚ or killed‚ one of the best ways to protect yourself is by telling a lie. In most cases‚ the human brain’s first instinct would be to say what you have to in order
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take me back to my childhood when I could not use the word “lie”! My mom would slap our mouths off if she heard us using the word lie‚ for us we had to say storying. At time from yards across the room we would shout out to our mom when one of our siblings was not telling the truth and say “Mommy Kelly storying”. Today storying is not a word to describe lying in my household‚ my kids just blurt out from across the room “mommy lia lying”. To lie is to be untruthful about the facts. according to Merriam
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College Composition December 4‚ 2009 Cause and Effect of Lying “The whole truth and nothing but the truth.” If these were words to live by then the whole world would be in trouble. Living in this imperfect world‚ we are surrounded by people who lie and who have an infatuation with lying. There is nothing that you can do to stop it. It is a natural human behavior to keep yourself out of trouble‚ and lying to protect yourself is a tool that everyone uses. Most of the time they are little white lies
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some people believe that lying is okay in our government is because that’s how many politicians get to where they are. Most politicians lie about promises they will fix when they get into office because it attracts more votes. For example say you’re running for President and you want to gain more votes than the opposing party‚ some might say that you should lie by saying things like cutting taxes or stop foreign refugees from entering the country. Although you may not look into doing these things
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truth‚ how can you do this when you are known to lie as a police officer. A police officer is an employee of the government‚ when a person is hired to become a police officer there are code of conducts that you learn in the police academy (Spector‚ 2008). These codes of conduct allow you to understand what is acceptable on the job and the responsibilities that you have with the department. Could you trust an officer to testify when they are known to lie? Simple‚ but Fair When it comes to the question
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many reasons. One of the main reasons is that it is “the easy way out”. Lying comes as a second nature as a person. Some may lie to intentionally help someone out but do more damage. A person will start out with little lies here or there to really see how much they will get away with. If that person gets away with their lies they will start to lie more. Eventually they will lie so much that they will start to believe their own lies and not even realize that they are lying. Lying is very dangerous
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Lying is Never Justified Speech Would you like to be one of the sick people that lie as part of their daily lives? I’m sure that I wouldn’t. In the articles “ It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” by NBCNEWS.com and “ Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant” by Sissela Bok‚ both authors suggest that lying is never justified. I agree with the author’s’ beliefs that nobody should ever have to lie. In the article “ It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” NBCNEWS.com suggest that lying
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obsessed with materialism is because we all lie. Too many people in our society have their whole life based on a lie. Nothing good ever comes out of living a lie. Materialism can easily be used as a form of lying. According to In Stephanie Ericsson in “The Way We Lie”‚ a lie is “Anything that gives or is meant to give a false impression.” (Ericsson 349). There are multiple ways to tell a lie. People use materialism as one of the many ways to tell a lie. Ericsson would surely classify the obsession
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Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook the Readers From the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron. This main idea connects to a major theme in the book Scat by Carl Hiaasen‚ which is lying for a good cause. Many characters in the book Scat lie for the greater good. All of them lie for different reasons‚ though at first it is not clear why. As the plot progresses‚ the reader finds out that they are all breaking the law for the same cause: reuniting a panther cub named Squirt with his mother. His mother was scared
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being honest all the time will never require you to lie. Honesty shows that you are genuine and transparent in your actions. I believe when speaking the truth you will never be “caught in a lie”. When you are an honest person‚ people trust you and when people trust you‚ you earn others respect. I believe that if you are honest you will be a much happier person and you will not feel the guilt associated with lying. My mother always taught me not to lie because the truth will eventually catch up to you
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