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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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    “No‚ you look great in that color”‚ “I don’t think you need to diet”‚ or “I’ve never binge watched Netflix” are all example of common lies we tell. As Stephanie Erecsson‚ the author of “The Ways We Lie” essay‚ implies that white lies are necessities for living. Though‚ when lies are incorporated into important affairs‚ lots of trouble can be aroused. Lying can become a cultural cancer when provided in any political or governmental situation‚ however‚ in an individual’s personal life‚ lying is necessary

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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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    Dan Ariely: Why We Lie?

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    social species. We lie to protect our ourselves and others from harm. Yet there are some types of lies that can cause more havoc than good. For my experiment or study‚ I am examining what factors incline us to lie the most. Also how they affect our society in a negative or positive way? First of all‚ what is a lie anyway? A lie‚ according to google‚ is an intentionally false statement. Which in a way is correct‚ but I think due to certain situations we don’t want to lie but we have to. According

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    10 Reasons Why People Lie

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    10 Reasons Why People Lie The invention of lying probably dates back to the invention of communication itself. It can be said that lying is‚ in fact‚ a basic need for social existence. A lie can serve a lot of purposes. We take a look upon the most common reasons for which people resort to lying. 1. To Please In order to maintain the pleasantness of any social situation‚ people have to lie. Questions like ‘How do I look?’‚ ‘Am I getting Fat?’ or ‘Did you like my gift?’ are bound to fetch lies

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    The title of this book is “Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie.” If the word “lie” from the title was meant to mean “lie down‚” the title would be a play on words because you usually lie down when you sleep. So‚ they are saying that freshmen are too busy doing homework and other schoolwork to lie down and sleep peacefully. If the word “lie” means not telling the truth‚ then the title would be saying that freshmen who are sleeping never tell lies‚ which is obvious because you can’t talk when you’re asleep

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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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    Why We Lie Research Paper

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    Many relationships today‚and in the past have suffered greatly from a single act of lie. A very good number of young people today‚ when asked why they lie to their spouse‚ the answer is always -To protect them. Protect who? I don’t see how lying protects anyone‚most especially the people we claim to love‚because lies itself means false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive. Therefore‚ how can we claim to love someone with whom we deliberately deceive? Lies is a box of false illusion.

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    A lie is a statement which is inaccurate and untrue with an intent to mislead and deceive. A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth.The classic story about blind men and an elephant. Each blind man touches a different part of the elephant and reaches a different conclusion about the nature of the elephant; while each man’s experience of the elephant is accurate‚ none of them have a full understanding of the nature of the beast. One may be touching the tail and believe

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    It seems that Kant has a much more conservative view towards lying and when it is permissible. Grotius has a much more liberal‚ modern‚ and understanding view on the issue. Kant pretty much thinks that it is one’s duty to speak the truth‚ although this moral principle is not taken unconditionally in the world today. This is a duty because it is every man’s right to know the truth and lying to anyone would be taking this right away‚ which mortals should not have the power to do. However‚ if a

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