The Role Of Lying In Relationships

First of all, lying is ok in certain situations when maintaining a relationships. Granted it is known that it's sometimes ok to lie, yet one can say it's ok. For example, Cohen states “one key is credibility; once a person finds out you lied you loose currency in their eyes” (article 1 paragraph 12). Basically, lying here means not telling someone the full truth to someone to maintain a relationship is wrong. This is important because one can loose the person's trust but not only that one can also lose that relationship. For instance Cohen explains, “your fictional spouse about to accept a Nobel Prize, asks if they look fat.if you're one the way to the award ceremony you say, “you look fabulous” (Article 1 paragraph 11) one can see this is lying to not turn back and have to waste time. From this, one can infer that they just don't want to be completely honest on what …show more content…
Granted my opponents such as Kant believe that lying is never acceptable even in a life or death situation (article 2 paragraph 2), yet can be helpful in a life or death situation. In the justification chart it states, “jason lies to protect his dad from having a heart attack by lying and not saying his mother has cancer (justification chart #5). This means that jason only lied for the sake of his dad not having a heart attack so he only lied to save his dad. For instance, if jason would of lied, his dad would of had a heart attack and died so he only lied to protect his father. In addition blanton states, “we shouldn't manipulate the truth except for rare times- if you're hiding anne frank in your attic because her life is in danger.” (article 3 line 11). This means that one should lie when it's necessary like in a life or death situation because it's protecting others. From this one can infer that its ok to lie when it's a life or death situation. In conclusion lying i sometimes ok but it should only be used in necessary