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    change especially people’s minds. Nowadays‚ many people argue are whether honesty is the best policy or not‚ however‚ if I had to choose one‚ I would say that honesty is always the best policy. Honesty can solve many problems so we don’t need to tell a lie again and again. Increase our trustworthiness‚ and helping make good relationships. I do believe that it is better to tell the truth. Lies are eventually uncovered. Today‚ if you falsify‚ you must tell more lies to hide the truth. For instance‚ one

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    Is it ok for parents to lie to their children? Lying in general is always thought of as a very negative action that is never tolerated or accepted in almost every setting. However‚ people do lie for different reasons‚ and parents are no different. For parents‚ however‚ excessive and unjustified lying is very critical and has a lot of negative effects on their children and their relationship with them. Parents should always be careful and restrain as much as possible from lying to their children

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    As a society‚ we have become so accustomed to metaphors and empty truths that we absent-mindedly accept them. But if society is told a lie and believes it‚ does that turn the lie into the truth? For example‚ in the beginning of the human’s reign on this planet‚ humans thought the earth was flat only to be proven that the earth was in fact round. But if ordinary humans were told that the earth is flat and they accept that as the truth‚ live their life as though it is true‚ then what makes it untrue

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    themselves lie unintentionally. There is a difference in lying to children and telling a white lie. When someone lies they are knowingly providing false information for the purpose of deception. On the other hand white lies are untruthful statements that are not meant to harm‚ instead they are positive. White lies serve as to avoid hurting the feelings of the listener and to avoid negative reactions from the listener to the speaker if the truth is told. Much of today’s parenting revolves around white lies

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    Natasha Trethewey’s poem “White Lies” revolves around a young girl struggling to acknowledge her true identity as being half-white and half-black. She lives her daily life under the façade of a pure white girl. The inclusion of certain key colors in the poem provides the reader with vivid imagery as well as a significant underlying message. The colors also paint a portrait of a young girl untrue to herself and the sad yet honest proclamation of her betrayal towards her heritage. In the first stanza

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    left home yet. That is a lie. What do we mean by "lie"? In order for you to understand the concept of lying‚ I will trace the word from an old English root. And suggest 2 specialized dictionaries‚ one from dictionary of bible in religion and philosophy‚ and the other one is from psychoanalysis dictionary. I will present a "model case" for the concept of lie. From that case‚ I m gonna contrast with the opposite concept "honesty". Then‚ I will give essential features of lie and finish with a quote from

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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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    21 December 2012 The concepts Truth and Lie in English discourse The question about Truth is one of the essential questions closely associated with the usage of language. The process of communication considers sincerity between the interlocutors‚ and that logically excludes not only evident lie‚ but also propositional. Thereby the studying of Lie (in general) is a direct subject of linguistic investigation‚ especially in situations‚ when Lie starts to be cultivated as an art. The social

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    Do you know the last time you told a lie? Everyone lies from time to time‚ but people don’t always feel justified when telling a lie. If no feelings were hurt in the process what is so wrong with telling a lie every now and then. We lie to people because we don’t want to hurt their feeling. We lie to children to help maintain their innocence. People lie on a daily basis to maintain employment. So are there not times when people should feel justified in lying. Some people feel justified in lying

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    Opinion Paper; Are little white lies acceptable in business? White lies are not acceptable in business or anywhere else for that matter. Telling a lie‚ either a grave lie or white lie‚ contradicts the absolute of truth‚ therefore making it wrong. Many people view white lies as harmless or innocent‚ but what they do not realize are the potential consequences of even a small lie. A white lie can be the beginning for another lie to cover that lie‚ which will cover another lie and so forth. Lying is

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