Jonathen Wells 'Essay Is Honesty The Best Policy'

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In Jonathen Wells Cosco connection debate “Is Honesty the Best Policy” (2014) claims that being sincere is a lot more preferable than telling any kind of lie.Wells purpose is to show people that they do not have to lie to spare ones feelings in order to prove that being sincere is a lot more preferable.When something is wrong people tend to not talk about it but to express it , this is a case where many people decide to tell a little lie.This is very common in a female: “Her body language is telling there's a problem but her words are saying something else”.It is fair to say that Women do not have bad intentions in telling a lie although do not realize that this little simple lie is quite frustrating and can easily cause arguments between people.If

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