I asked teens why, when, and how they lie, they said it’s on a needed basis. Everybody lies, and it’s bad, “it destroys human dignity and makes the liar more worthless than a small thing. Lying is never justified, no matter what the circumstances are.
People say that lying is allowable when you’re protecting someone or you don’t want to do something, but all lying is awful. Lying can help you, but it can hurt you a lot more. Truthfulness in statements which cannot be avoided is the formal duty of an individual to everyone, however great may be the disadvantage. Kant explains in his quote that lying is a duty that everyone should pursue, however great the disadvantage of telling the truth is.
An arbitrary position, prohibiting all lies,
People say that lying is allowable when you’re protecting someone or you don’t want to do something, but all lying is awful. Lying can help you, but it can hurt you a lot more. Truthfulness in statements which cannot be avoided is the formal duty of an individual to everyone, however great may be the disadvantage. Kant explains in his quote that lying is a duty that everyone should pursue, however great the disadvantage of telling the truth is.
An arbitrary position, prohibiting all lies,