Do You Know The Truth? When you lie are you hurting anyone? When I lie, I like to believe I am doing it for the greater good. Do you think what your lies could do to other people? Before I tell a lie, I think about how it would affect me and other people. I like to ask myself, is it needed? Why would I need to lie? Does this lie only affect me? And is it beneficial to me at all? What do you think of when you lie? In Richard Gunderman 's article, "Is Lying Bad for Us?" Gunderman believes that all types of lying are inappropriate to use at any time. In his article he states “We live in a culture where it is increasingly common to encourage lying, and even to suppose that there is nothing problematic about doing so” (Gunderman). People today
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Ericsson describes the term facades as “putting on another face” and “businesspeople wear suits rather than sweatpants” (Ericsson 476). This means that when someone has to dress up for their job or any other occasion, they are not being themselves. They put on this fake image of themselves and show it to other people like it is really them went it is not. Ericsson uses an example of a former friend “he presented himself with all the right looks and the right words and offered lots of new consciousness theories… I did some business with him, and the time came for him to pay me… In six months of work, I saw less than a hundred bucks” (Ericsson 476). Ericsson former friend put on a fake image for himself. He would talk about all the great things he could do and has done, but when it comes down to actually getting the work done he would skip out and make up excuses why he could not do it. In Gunderman’s article he asks the question "Really, why shouldn 't I lie?" (Gunderman). Going back to that former friend example. When he lies to people like that he will just keep getting called out for his lies. He won’t be able to keep any friends once they find out that he lies about everything. If he does not stop lying like that he will never get anywhere in life. This is when lying can lead into a horrible
Ericsson describes the term facades as “putting on another face” and “businesspeople wear suits rather than sweatpants” (Ericsson 476). This means that when someone has to dress up for their job or any other occasion, they are not being themselves. They put on this fake image of themselves and show it to other people like it is really them went it is not. Ericsson uses an example of a former friend “he presented himself with all the right looks and the right words and offered lots of new consciousness theories… I did some business with him, and the time came for him to pay me… In six months of work, I saw less than a hundred bucks” (Ericsson 476). Ericsson former friend put on a fake image for himself. He would talk about all the great things he could do and has done, but when it comes down to actually getting the work done he would skip out and make up excuses why he could not do it. In Gunderman’s article he asks the question "Really, why shouldn 't I lie?" (Gunderman). Going back to that former friend example. When he lies to people like that he will just keep getting called out for his lies. He won’t be able to keep any friends once they find out that he lies about everything. If he does not stop lying like that he will never get anywhere in life. This is when lying can lead into a horrible