People have different ways of interpreting deception based on how it was used upon them or how they’ve used it on others to get what they desire. But for me, it wasn’t that big of a deal in my life. It was always that lie you told to your mom when you were younger saying you didn’t hit your sibling, or the white lie you told your best friend to avoid hurting their feelings. But after doing this research paper I learned that there are a lot of deeper forms of deception than what I had originally thought to be.
Before starting my research, all I thought of the word was that it meant lying. Turns out I was wrong. I started out by looking up the word in an unabridged dictionary. “The act or practice of deceiving or misleading.” (Webster). This …show more content…
Self-deception. In an article I read on EBSCO, this group of college students wrote about how people use self-deception as a mechanism for their drug addiction. Drug abusers, they interviewed would say thing like “It is the only way of coping with the pain in my life.” or ‘taking it is the only way in which I can boost my creativity and productivity.” These are all ways they are deceiving themselves. They could just as easily go see someone about their addiction as they could give into their desires. “Lying and self-deception are considered inherent to the human condition.” (Jose et al.). This shows me that lying to others and lying to yourself are essential in humans. You are born lying and will die …show more content…
Sometimes it’s necessary to use deception in order to save somebody from a harmful truth, but it also does a lot of bad. It ruins countries, destroys careers, wrecks homes. I don’t think deception is important to society but for some reason, it’s a very popular thing to do. People deceive each other all the time. It’s the root of broken relationships.” (Mullins). I feel that my friend got deeper into what it mean to him because he’s probably lived through something that involved deception, but none the less I agree with how he said sometimes it 's necessary to save someone from something that would hurt
Before starting my research, all I thought of the word was that it meant lying. Turns out I was wrong. I started out by looking up the word in an unabridged dictionary. “The act or practice of deceiving or misleading.” (Webster). This …show more content…
Self-deception. In an article I read on EBSCO, this group of college students wrote about how people use self-deception as a mechanism for their drug addiction. Drug abusers, they interviewed would say thing like “It is the only way of coping with the pain in my life.” or ‘taking it is the only way in which I can boost my creativity and productivity.” These are all ways they are deceiving themselves. They could just as easily go see someone about their addiction as they could give into their desires. “Lying and self-deception are considered inherent to the human condition.” (Jose et al.). This shows me that lying to others and lying to yourself are essential in humans. You are born lying and will die …show more content…
Sometimes it’s necessary to use deception in order to save somebody from a harmful truth, but it also does a lot of bad. It ruins countries, destroys careers, wrecks homes. I don’t think deception is important to society but for some reason, it’s a very popular thing to do. People deceive each other all the time. It’s the root of broken relationships.” (Mullins). I feel that my friend got deeper into what it mean to him because he’s probably lived through something that involved deception, but none the less I agree with how he said sometimes it 's necessary to save someone from something that would hurt