When Is Lying Acceptable In Research

When is lying acceptable, always, sometimes, or never? Correct! Sometimes is the right choice because lying is occasionally acceptable. Since our childhood, we were told that we should be honest no matter what happens. However, today it seems that lies are somewhat part of our lives. Sometimes dishonesty really does harm others. But, I staunchly disagree with being honest all the time. There are plentiful cons to being honest all the time. Nobody can imagine a person who is completely truthful. I know, the truth can hurt people’s feelings when you don’t want to hurt them. I have been in many situations where I had to lie because it might have hurt their feelings if I had told them the cold truth. So, I boldly believe that being honest all the time in a difficult position is laborious. But it lying might protect others, it might get you out of strenuous situations, help being positive and encouraging, …show more content…
If a patient that is about to be operated asks his doctor if he would be okay, although the chances of survival may be very minor, it would be acceptable for the doctor to lie and say that everything would be alright as it will encourage the patient to keep fighting for his life. Instead , if the doctor had told him the truth, the patient would have been discouraged and wouldn't be willing to fight for his life anymore, which could have had fatal results. It would sound very wrong for someone to tell the patient that he was about to die. Also, another example is if you are going to war. Your family is very nervous and scared about you. But you tell them you are going to be fine and will come back. But deep inside you know there is a chance that you will not ever come back home. Lying in those types of situations is more than okay to do. So lying to be optimistic and encouraging in distressing and sorrow circumstances are actually good to