The Ways We Lie In the essay‚ "The Ways We Lie‚” the author‚ Stephanie Ericsson‚ tells about the many ways people lie and explains the reasons for doing so. In her essay‚ she talks about ten specific ways of lying that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. First is “the white lie‚” which is basically telling a harmless lie instead of the truth‚ if the truth is destructive. She writes‚ “Telling a friend he looks great when he looks like hell can be based in a decision that the friends needs
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Edwards The Ways We Lie Response After reading the article “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson I have discovered the ten different ways we as human beings lie to one another. Additionally‚ I have also learned which ways of lying are more harmful than others‚ but most of them seem to have their upsides and downsides. After reading‚ I came to the conclusion
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Lying is “a false statement or action made with the intent to deceive.” (Ericsson1) Lying is a bad thing for anyone to do for various reasons. Three writers that agree are Stephanie Ericsson author of “The ways we Lie”‚ Richard Gunderman author of “is lying bad for us?”‚ and Angela Haupts author of “How lying affects your health”. These three writers give great insight on how these lies can affect ones mental health‚ as well as their psychological health and also how you can improve from those negative
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honesty has been whether it is ever right to lie. Some people would argue that lying is not always morally wrong. From this perspective‚ telling a lie can be beneficial because the truth sometimes causes more damage than a lie would. To illustrate‚ a person might lie about how someone looks so that they are not offended. However‚ others argue that it is never morally right to lie. Stephanie Ericsson‚ who maintains this view‚ argues in her essay “The Ways We Lie” that “When someone lies‚ someone loses”
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In her stimulating and insightful article‚ “The Way We Lie Now1‚” journalist Megan Garber addresses the abnormal‚ evolving relationship today between technology and deception. “Technology makes it easier than ever to play fast and loose with the truth-but easier than ever to get caught‚” (15) this opening statement by Megan Garber summarizes her whole article in just one condensed sentence. By hiding behind the screen of a phone or a computer‚ lying is easier than ever‚ but also increases the chances
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wrongdoer. We no longer see them as a fellow human‚ a creation of God‚ but we look at them only in terms of their sin. Have you ever been to 6-flags and had one of the caricature drawings of yourself done. They take your worst feature - your big nose or forehead and they make it huge. That’s what we do. We begin to exaggerate the other’s sin while at the same time diminishing our own. See when someone lies to us and hurts us we see that person as a “liar’ - that’s who they are. But if we lie it’s because
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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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in their lives. The simple true is we all lie. While reading the “Ways We Lie” by Ericsson’s it was very clear that lies are being told more than the truth. She explains many different types of lies being told from the smallest of lies to protect the emotional state of others‚ to the extreme lies being told and merely ignoring the plain facts of lies that cause real pain. Lying has become all most a reality and a real feeling‚ even when it is a lie. Why are we justifying are lies‚ does it make it
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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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rarely do I think lying’s the best [for any situation]." But what if he knew how lying is inevitable in our everyday lives and how they could be of use in certain situations‚ like Ericsson’s Vietnam veteran example? In "The Ways We Lie"‚ Ericsson covers on the many ways we lie in our daily lives‚ besides the typical deceptive statements. Some include the notorious ’white lies’‚ omission‚ delusion‚ facades‚ and groupthink scenarios. Lies are mostly devices for selfish motives or self-promotion (though
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