Imagine you get your report card with an F in math. Obviously, you know your parents will get mad and try to find a way to get you to bring up that F to an A. What do you do? Will you lie and hide the report card or will you say the truth and show it to them? I firmly believe that lying is acceptable in our society.
Lying is justified when it can be used to protect and care for others. For example, Anne Frank survived longer because the people who gave her and her family shelter lied to the Nazis. Lying is sometimes needed to help save someone’s life. White lies lies are acceptable and sometimes even necessary. In addition, if your wife asks you if she looks fat with that shirt, you say she looks fabulous because anything else would be cruel. Lying can help to not hurt someone’s feelings. Lying is sometimes used for bad but mostly used to help someone. My point is that lying isn’t something we can control when it comes to someone’s feelings. …show more content…
For example, for Harold Smith, lying to his daughter about his kidney tumor was worth the risk. “I tried to protect her. It slowed down the anxiety,” says Smith, 64, of Pioneer, CA. Lying prevents people from suffering that isn’t worth it mostly if it’s fixed in the end. “Lying to protect others can be a matter of life and death.” In addition, mothers have to lie to their children when it comes to getting them away from watching too much TV. Take for example, a mother from Quincy, Illinois lied to her son about there being no more cartoons on. Little white lies aren’t always bad to say, mostly if they are used to protect someone. Although we don’t like the idea of lying, it is sometimes necessary in order to be safe or healthy. If lying creates more positive than negative, it is okay to do
Lying is justified when it can be used to protect and care for others. For example, Anne Frank survived longer because the people who gave her and her family shelter lied to the Nazis. Lying is sometimes needed to help save someone’s life. White lies lies are acceptable and sometimes even necessary. In addition, if your wife asks you if she looks fat with that shirt, you say she looks fabulous because anything else would be cruel. Lying can help to not hurt someone’s feelings. Lying is sometimes used for bad but mostly used to help someone. My point is that lying isn’t something we can control when it comes to someone’s feelings. …show more content…
For example, for Harold Smith, lying to his daughter about his kidney tumor was worth the risk. “I tried to protect her. It slowed down the anxiety,” says Smith, 64, of Pioneer, CA. Lying prevents people from suffering that isn’t worth it mostly if it’s fixed in the end. “Lying to protect others can be a matter of life and death.” In addition, mothers have to lie to their children when it comes to getting them away from watching too much TV. Take for example, a mother from Quincy, Illinois lied to her son about there being no more cartoons on. Little white lies aren’t always bad to say, mostly if they are used to protect someone. Although we don’t like the idea of lying, it is sometimes necessary in order to be safe or healthy. If lying creates more positive than negative, it is okay to do