One day you are cleaning and you move one of the kitchen chairs a little too roughly and you break the counter. What do you do? Get yelled at or blame it on your little cousin that won’t get in trouble for it. I firmly believe that lying is ok in our society.
Lying is acceptable if it creates more positive results than negative ones. For example,Teresa Velin, a mother in Palm Desert,California says she didn’t feel like getting dressed and going on a movie date. So,she told her friend she was busy,she thought it was better than ruining a friendship over a broken movie date(2). She told her friend she was busy because she didn’t want to go see a movie. It was a little white lie,but it created more positive results than bad ones(7). In article4 it says teens mirror behavior modeled before them. Therefore,they are like toddlers, they end up doing or saying what others say or do around them. Starting as a teen,they are trying to experiment,find out who they are,and trying to find their place in the huge world they live in. Teens will start doing things they usually wouldn’t do,so they can “fit in”,which is why lying fits into that category. If you have more good things happen when you lie, rather than bad things it's ok to lie. …show more content…
For example,in article 1 it says two-thirds of people said its ok to lie in certain situations,like protecting someone's feelings. Most people agree that if you are protecting someone’s feelings it’s ok to lie. However, it doesn’t mean you can go around lying for whatever reason,you have to have a good reason. For example,in article4, the girl lies about going to her boyfriend’s house and says she was with her best friend that she knows will back up her story(7). The girl’s parents could’ve done anything to her if her parents would’ve found out.Her best friend protected her,therefore,it was ok for her to
Lying is acceptable if it creates more positive results than negative ones. For example,Teresa Velin, a mother in Palm Desert,California says she didn’t feel like getting dressed and going on a movie date. So,she told her friend she was busy,she thought it was better than ruining a friendship over a broken movie date(2). She told her friend she was busy because she didn’t want to go see a movie. It was a little white lie,but it created more positive results than bad ones(7). In article4 it says teens mirror behavior modeled before them. Therefore,they are like toddlers, they end up doing or saying what others say or do around them. Starting as a teen,they are trying to experiment,find out who they are,and trying to find their place in the huge world they live in. Teens will start doing things they usually wouldn’t do,so they can “fit in”,which is why lying fits into that category. If you have more good things happen when you lie, rather than bad things it's ok to lie. …show more content…
For example,in article 1 it says two-thirds of people said its ok to lie in certain situations,like protecting someone's feelings. Most people agree that if you are protecting someone’s feelings it’s ok to lie. However, it doesn’t mean you can go around lying for whatever reason,you have to have a good reason. For example,in article4, the girl lies about going to her boyfriend’s house and says she was with her best friend that she knows will back up her story(7). The girl’s parents could’ve done anything to her if her parents would’ve found out.Her best friend protected her,therefore,it was ok for her to