To What Extent Is Lying Ever Justified The Way We Lie

Picture this, your friend is stressed out and can’t take much more stress until he gets really sick. Meanwhile you’ve been feeling sick and go to get it checked out and the doctor diagnoses you with a disease or says you have kidney failure. How are you going to tell your friend, are you going to lie and keep quiet until he isn’t stressed, or are you going to risk their safety for your sake. I firmly believe lying is okay and acceptable in our society.

I personally think lying is acceptable if it creates more positive results than negative ones. For example, lying about your baby sitters curfew to get out of a boring party won't leave a negative impact on your host. On the other hand, if you told the host you are bored and do not want to stay any longer would make the host feel bad or put them down. Another way to say this is lying can hold friendships together when used correctly. In addition to this, Bella DePaulo a professor studying lying says honesty can’t happen without compromising some things. For example a friendship or relationship. Also it can start family problems if all you tell is honesty. …show more content…
For example, imagine the people sheltering Anne Frank and her family told the Nazi’s the truth and said “Hey there in here, come get them.” Anne Frank’s life would have ended much sooner if this happened. So if someone's lives in jeopardy are you gonna throw them out there with honesty or protect them with a lie. This just shows how much lying can help a person. In addition to Anne Frank’s crazy story we have a more modern one, a sixty four year old man, Harold Smith lied to his adult daughter about his health to prevent her from extreme stress. If Harold didn’t take this action his daughter could’ve gotten sick. Instead Harold went through his kidney tumor treatment and told her about it after he was better. These all show how lying can save lives and is crucial to