JIALIANG HE ENGL 102 04/24/2013 The Truth Is Not Always Good Niccolo Machiavelli‚ a man who knows the truth of political ethics‚ wrote his treatise into a book. The Prince‚ one of Machiavelli’s masterpieces‚ contains a number of maxims concerning politics‚ such as the qualities of the prince. By the saying that “the ends justify the means”‚ Machiavelli claimed that violence may be necessary for the successful stabilization of power and introduction of new legal institutions. Refer to political
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In Collins reading‚ “Should Doctors Tell the Truth?” there is an excusable argument on why should doctors lie to their patients. Joseph Collins who depends and claims doctors lying to their patients. As he states‚ “Were I on the witness stand...I should answer in the negative and appeal...for permission to qualify my answer” (Collins‚ pg.211). What he is saying is that no doctors are not obligated to tell the truth to their patients because sometimes the doctors need to know how to handle some situations
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Although people say that listening to others is an important attribute so that you have different perspectives to consider and learn from‚ having your own opinion and a strong belief in it is the most crucial matter. There are many examples like the Lord of the Flies when Ralph tried to protect the strayed boys with the rule of organization and sticking to his owen decisions without being shaken by Jack the “bad” character. Similarly‚ Mahatma Gandhi clings to his owen opinion of anti-violence and
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Analysis Tell all the Truth but tell it slant is one of Dickinson’s poems. In this poem‚ she is telling us to tell the truth in a way that would not hurt someone. In line one‚ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-”. She tells us that we should tell the truth‚ but we should twisted it a little or tell half of the truth. According to line two‚ “Success in Circuit lies”. In this line‚ she believes that we should not directly tell the truth‚ but to circle around it‚ then the truth would not be too
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Argument Analysis As I read‚ Should Doctors Tell the Truth by Joseph Collins I began to agree with Collins argument. Collin’s argues that doctors must frequently withhold the truth from their patients‚ which is equivalent to lying to them and should cultivate lying as a fine art. At the same time‚ no doctor has the right to tell a patient point blank that they have a major disease like epilepsy‚ dementia praecox etc. only after observation for a long period. In this piece Collins has 4 premises
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context‚ some people say that lying is a form of dishonesty. They live so truthful that they never lie. The truth is good. But in my opinion‚ there are circumstances in which it is better to lie. Basically‚ there are two purposes of lying‚ which is lying with an evil motive and lying with a good intention‚ or more commonly called as “white lies”. Unquestionably‚ one should always abstain oneself from cheating‚ as it involves gains for one party in the sacrifice of another party’s benefit
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Collins article‚ “Should Doctors Tell the Truth”‚ and more specifically his second premise. Collins second premise states‚ the truth can harm the patient. I will be countering this premise because patients should be told the truth whether it is good or bad. Withholding information from a patient to “protect” them form the truth is wrong because all information‚ whether good or bad‚ has meaning to the patient. The truth to a patient has intrinsic value. Given that the truth can be the meaning
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Topic: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263) By Emily Dickinson Can we handle the truth? The truth for better or worse is always a powerful point that people can make. When I was young telling the truth was always very important‚ but at times it can be hard. Sometimes the truth hurts and sometimes for the better depending on the situation. On Emily Dickinson’s famous poem she analyzes the power of truth and the honest way to tell it. The poet is clearly interested in truth by reading
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“The media has an obligation to always tell the truth.” Do you agree? Martin Luther once said‚ “Peace if possible‚ truth at all costs.” Before we attempt to answer whether the media has an obligation to always tell the truth‚ we need to first make clear the definitions of media and always in the context of this question. The media refers to all types of media regardless of whether it is print media‚ news on the radio or television media. It however excludes gossip tabloids and the likes since such
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In the article “Should Doctors Tell the Truth” by Joseph Collins‚ the author describes his experiences as a doctor and discusses how much information a doctor should convey to his or her patients. After reading the article for the first time‚ I thought I agreed with the Collins’ thesis which states‚ “The longer I practice medicine the more I am convinced that every physician should cultivate lying as a fine art.” (Collins‚ p. 194) Collins argues his thesis using two main arguments that lead to the
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