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    Why Is It Ok To Lie

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    sometimes lie about being sick to get a day off of work.I firmly believe that lying is undetectable in our society. lying is never allowed because it makes a person less of a human bean.We can’t always pick honesty without compromising some other value that might be as important says Depaula.Maybe you have never told a lie and a person needs your help you might have to lie to help the person and that makes you less of a human bean.People have this idea that lying is not ok maby u may have to lie to help

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    How to Avoid Terrorism

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    Name: Phat Huynh Class: Sociology 1 Professor: Moyer May 25th 2010 Terrorism and suicide bombers Nowadays‚ terrorism and suicide bombers are “hot” and challenging issues for not only US but also all over the world. According to Wikepedia‚ terrorism is the general sense‚the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. For example‚ in the morning 9/11/2001‚ 19 al-Qaeda terrorist hijacked four

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    Why Teenagers Lie

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    convinced Loretta Ragsdell’s writing style is very sarcastic and observant in which she explains why and when teenagers of this era‚ lie. In the first place‚ her writing is very sarcastic. This can be conveyed in the quotes from paragraph one and six‚ that states that‚ "Finally‚ the answer has arrived to the age-old question and unsettling mystery of why teenagers lie" and "Also‚ many teens have excellent adult role model in their lives who have mastered the art of lying." Clearly‚ she is being very

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    Why Do People Lie?

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    Why Do People Lie? I.- Why do people lie? Everybody lies.   It may only be “white” lies‚ but everyone tells lies or “omits the truth” sometimes.  They lie to protect themselves‚ look good‚ gain financially or socially and avoid punishment. Often caught in an awkward situation‚ what do you do? Quick escape. Easy. Lie. But seriously‚ why do we do it? Is it because we’re afraid of the consequences that the truth will bring us? Maybe quick fix is the reason why people lie. People often say they’ve

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    Chaucer Lie Theme

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    Overall Purpose/Theme: In the physician’s tale Chaucer shows how sin or lie can only lead to disbelief and heartbreak. The preeminent message depicted by the tale is that sin or lie will not go unpunished. Evidence to support the theme: 1. Judge Appius meets a girl while walking and he said he would do anything to marry her so he hatched out a plan to get her to the court the father knows what is happening so he tells the daughter you can either be shamed or dead and she says "Bless God that as a

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    Reason Why Children Lie

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    to lie in their lives to avoid saying something they do not want to. Adults do it sometimes when they want to keep their children happy and avoid them from being sad if parents tell them the truth. Now children do lie quite more than adults for their own reasons. The real question is why do children lie? Children lie often because they think the truth hurts people’s feelings and they are afraid of telling the truth. Parents teach their kids not to lie‚ but yet they allow their children to lie when

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    Christopher Behrens The Nobility of a Lie Frederick Nietzsche once wrote that the “untruth‚ [or lie]‚ is a condition of life.”At least in terms of creating a stable society‚ Socrates would seem to agree. In The Republic‚ Socrates points out that civilization is most prone to instability when founded on what he calls a“noble lie.”The lie which‚ despite its falsehood‚ serves for the good of society. His noble lie can be broken into two parts: a justification on why the lie applies to all of a society’s members

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    two truths and a lie

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    Dear read The book that I read was called “two truths and a lie”(307pages) and its written by Sara Shepard‚ and this one book is part of a sequel because there’s 3 or more books written which are fallow ups to the first book. ‘Two truths and a lie’ is about two girls whose names are Sutton and Emma‚ even though Sutton and Emma are long lost sisters they have little things in common and have different lives. Emma lives in a foster home because her mom abandoned her in the hospital‚ and

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    At some point in their lives‚ everyone will have to tell a lie. There are many reasons and motives to lie‚ but all require the same basic set of skills in order to do it effectively. The lie must be believable‚ consistent‚ and delivered correctly. Lying is done for three main reasons: to spare someone’s feelings‚ to brag‚ and to cover something up. Lying to spare someone’s feelings and to brag are the simplest forms of lies‚ and are fairly easy. Lying to cover something up is the most useful and

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    The Ways We Lie

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    Truth is dead but at the same time it isn’t‚ because we are all human and we all lie at one point‚ we all lie one point of the day. We lie because we are scared of what might happen if we tell the truth‚ because you think when you lie that you might not hurt the person who may be asking you a simple question like in a relationship you may ask your boyfriend/girlfriend: “Are you cheating?”‚ then they may say no because you don’t want to get caught‚ but really they might be cheating‚ so then you the

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