Telling A White Lie Essay

As kids we were taught and bred not to tell a lie. We were essentially shunned away from telling a lie. Now in today’s society and the world we are telling lies from left and right. Why is it that we were bred not to tell a lie, but then as we grow up we drift away from that lesson? Many can say that we are basically cowards who hide behind our lies. Today there also exist, what is called as a white lie which states that you are telling a lie to help someone or even lift their spirits up. But isn’t that essentially lying? Why do we teach our kids who are the children of the future that lying is bad when adults do it all the time from lying to telling a white lie? In the quote by Nancy Farmer she states, “Any rats in a sewer can lie. It’s how …show more content…
That’s where I completely disagree with the quote because in today’s society there exist something called a white lie and it’s supposed to help the other individual instead or hurting them. Telling a white lie isn’t completely hiding behind lies or a personal act of cowardice but instead it actually helps the other person and it help those that are feeling down or in a bad mood. When telling a white lie the intentions are good rather than when telling a lie its intentions are the other way around. For example, if someone were to have a bad day or in a bad mood you wouldn’t essentially say they look horrible or they look like awful that would worsen their day instead or helping them. Instead, you would tell a little white lie and say they look like how they always look. Just from that statement alone, it could brighten up their day and leave that person with a positive mood. White lies are fundamentally supposed to help the others while telling a lie itself is basically helping themselves and not