There is no such thing as a completely honest person, yet we continue to berate those who lie even when guilty of doing so ourselves. Why do we do this? The answer is simple; most of us, if not all, are taught from a young age that lying is a basic moral wrong because it causes harm to others. We are also taught to always be honest. However, the real definition of what a lie is and what the truth is, never state that hurt is a definite outcome of one or the other. We merely associate lies with harm; ironically, because the truth is most of the time lying does cause damage. Still, it is unreasonable to associate all lies with causing harm. Likewise, we cannot say telling the truth always brings out the good. For instance, if you do not like
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To protect someone you must have their best interest at heart. Telling the truth will not always give you that interest and that is when being dishonest is acceptable. I want you to think about when you were a child and all the lies your parents had told you growing up. For example, most of us have been told by our parents that we were the best at everything like singing, dancing, soccer, etc.. By now, we all know most of those are not true but are we mad at our parents for lying to us? No, because it helped shape us into the unique individuals we are. They were protecting us by helping us build our confidence and boosting our self-esteem so when someone else tries to knock us down, we will get right back up. All lies are not driven with bad intentions. In fact, in Alarcon’s essay, “The Contestant”, we will see more as to why telling the truth does not always do well for …show more content…
It is important to note that prior to being on the show, she was seen as an average nineteen year old girl. Once the truth was told she was shamed, being called a prostitute and a slut. I believe it is not fair to judge someone based on their mistakes because we all make them. Our mistakes do not define us as a person. Yet, whenever we are truthful about our mistakes, our honesty seems to go unnoticed and the bad things are what people focus on. Is the judgement of others worth telling the truth? Absolutely not and Ruth Thalia who, her mother said, “ 'confessed to her mother that she’d thought of suicide '” would most likely agree (Alarcon 81). Our well-being is more important than the
To protect someone you must have their best interest at heart. Telling the truth will not always give you that interest and that is when being dishonest is acceptable. I want you to think about when you were a child and all the lies your parents had told you growing up. For example, most of us have been told by our parents that we were the best at everything like singing, dancing, soccer, etc.. By now, we all know most of those are not true but are we mad at our parents for lying to us? No, because it helped shape us into the unique individuals we are. They were protecting us by helping us build our confidence and boosting our self-esteem so when someone else tries to knock us down, we will get right back up. All lies are not driven with bad intentions. In fact, in Alarcon’s essay, “The Contestant”, we will see more as to why telling the truth does not always do well for …show more content…
It is important to note that prior to being on the show, she was seen as an average nineteen year old girl. Once the truth was told she was shamed, being called a prostitute and a slut. I believe it is not fair to judge someone based on their mistakes because we all make them. Our mistakes do not define us as a person. Yet, whenever we are truthful about our mistakes, our honesty seems to go unnoticed and the bad things are what people focus on. Is the judgement of others worth telling the truth? Absolutely not and Ruth Thalia who, her mother said, “ 'confessed to her mother that she’d thought of suicide '” would most likely agree (Alarcon 81). Our well-being is more important than the