Is Lying Justified? Image you’re going for a walk along the park at night just to clear your head for a bit. As you are walking, a guy drenched in blood and sweat starts coming besides you. He tells you that no matter what, don’t tell no one where he’s at as he hides behinds some bushes and trees a few meters away. Seconds later, a more muscular man comes up to you, he points a gun and tells you to show where to the other guy went. Do you risk your life? Well… let’s find out, shall we? Since the beginning of time, people have lied, big or small, it’s really matter who you are but all I can say is… you lied. Lying is allowable when it comes to be used to protect and care for others.
Lying is justified when you are putting others before yourself as you think about what they might like. For example, in the article,”The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies, Lies, Lies,” by Time Magazine, Time states,”No one expects, and few would welcome, searing honestly at a dinner party.And the couple who …show more content…
For example, in the article,” The U.S. Political Campaign,” by Time Magazine quotes,” On rare occasions, lying to protect others can literally be a matter of life or death.” What if your family was endangered like that, would you lie now? Come on, lying isn’t such a horrible thing when you are trying to insulate someone’s life, protecting them is best best thing for the both of you. Secondly, for example, in the article,” It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying,” by NBCNews.com, Cohen states,” You’re lying to protect someone from serious harm.” Circumstances like these call for a lie, especially when you are going to lose someone special in your life. You must be a cruel, cold-hearted person if you don’t want to maintain your family so you tell the truth instead of lying as that lie could be justified. As a conclusion, I fairly believe lying can protect people in dangerous
Lying is justified when you are putting others before yourself as you think about what they might like. For example, in the article,”The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies, Lies, Lies,” by Time Magazine, Time states,”No one expects, and few would welcome, searing honestly at a dinner party.And the couple who …show more content…
For example, in the article,” The U.S. Political Campaign,” by Time Magazine quotes,” On rare occasions, lying to protect others can literally be a matter of life or death.” What if your family was endangered like that, would you lie now? Come on, lying isn’t such a horrible thing when you are trying to insulate someone’s life, protecting them is best best thing for the both of you. Secondly, for example, in the article,” It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying,” by NBCNews.com, Cohen states,” You’re lying to protect someone from serious harm.” Circumstances like these call for a lie, especially when you are going to lose someone special in your life. You must be a cruel, cold-hearted person if you don’t want to maintain your family so you tell the truth instead of lying as that lie could be justified. As a conclusion, I fairly believe lying can protect people in dangerous