The excerpt written by Sissela Bok, about Immanuel Kant, states that lying is always bad and harms the liar as well as society. One example in paragraph two states, “This is an absolutist position, prohibiting all lies...” this means that Kant forbids all lies no matter what they are; even the ones that can save somebodies life. Another example in the article states, “...remove any effort to distinguish among lies...” which means that because Immanuel Kant rejects all lies; he believes that all lies are the same, and no lie is greater than the other. The last example that is stated says, “... this means that being called a liar was a mortal insult...” this means that being called a liar is a severe or even deadly insult; if someone is proven
