Is Lying Justified When People Lie Research Paper

Imagine that a man is going to a friend’s birthday party, and on the day of the party he is lazy and does not want to go to the party, so he calls a friend saying that he is really sick and that he can't go. some people would say this is wrong because lying is unjustified but I believe lying is always justified no matter what the situation. one situation that shows that lying is acceptable, is when people lie to protect others. In the article “It's the truth: Americans conflicted about lying” by NBCNEWS, 64 year old Harold Smith states that it was worth the risk lying to his adult daughter about his kidney tumor. “why get her all traumatized?” he also says “I tried to protect her. it slowed down the anxiety. later, I told her what really happened”. this shows that lying is justified because he is lying to protect his …show more content…
If you’re on the way to the award ceremony, you say, ’You look fabulous. Cohen instructs. Anything else would be cruel. If you’re still in the hotel room, a suggestion of a different outfit might be appropriate.” this shows that lying is justified because if you told the truth right when she was going to get the award or going to the place of the award she would be super worried. Some people would say that lying is unjustified because lying affects people as whole. Once again in the article “rejecting all lies: Immanuel Kant” by sissela bok, shows that 1 lie can hurt all people as a whole, in Kant’s view, he states that “a lie, even if it does not wrong any particular individual, always harms mankind individually, for it vitiates the source of law. even worse, it harms the liar himself, be destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than an a small thing. this is wrong because if you never lie than people won't be able help others from getting worried or hurting your