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    Most everyone in life lies at some point lying is an action that usually takes place under pressure or fear. While Immanuel Kant may say that lying is never permissible, he is not considering the various circumstances people face in life. Lying is sometimes required in life to make life easier and to avoid hurting others. For example, sometimes lying makes life easier. For example, A mom from Quincy, Illinois lies to her toddler about cartoons to avoid confrontation, According to Campbell, it is…

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    to lie or not. Lying is allowable when it is used for the protection of yourself or others from harm’s way. According to an article on NBCNEWS.com, 65% of Americans believe that lying is justified when it is used to protect someone or their feelings. In another article, Teens do their share of lying, by Loretta Ragsdell, show when teens lie and what the reason it is for them to lie. In the article on NBCNEWS.com, it shows how in a 1000 person survey, 65% of voters agreed that lying was…

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    have amazing drawing skills. You don’t know, but she’s lying to you. You feel so sure that you’re going to win a place in the contest and in the end you don’t. You would feel all gloomy and sad afterwards because you didn’t win, when you were so sure of yourself. After all your friend didn’t tell you their honest opinion. I firmly believe that lying is unacceptable in our society. Lying in unacceptable as it is morally wrong. For example, ”lying is stressful and hurts relationships,” says Brad…

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    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.…

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    Monse Barajas Climer3 ELA8 15 October, 2015 Lies Is it good or is it bad to lie? The description of the issue is when is lying good or bad. Lying is sometimes almost never okay. My point in lying is because it hurts people. The evidence according to Immanuel Kant, lying harms mankind.That means that if people lie, they will not trust each other anymore. Blanton argued that lying keeps you locked in the jail of your own mind. What he meant was that people have to manipulate information to…

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    Learning from Lies For many years lying has been seen as such an awful topic to discuss. Humans in every culture, since the beginning of time hated the thought of being lied to, but why? Why is lying seen as such a cliché matter? This is simply because of the effects caused by lies. One lie can break hearts, destroy families, and even lead a whole nation into living in suspicion and uncertainty. Lying itself is only a natural effect of one’s fear of what’s to come. Although it’s insensible to…

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    Lying is Sometimes Okay In a poll over half of the people have said they have lied at least once in their lives. Lying is a big part of people's lives either if it hurts them or helps them. Most people lie because they can to hurt people to not get in trouble or for personal gain but they are some good excuses to lie. I believe that you should not lie unless it to protect people and for their own good According to Blanton lying is acceptable . If your friend is buying something and…

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    someone or something is problematic and you continue to use their services because it will somehow benefit you. Deflecting is a method of lying that some people use to shift the focus of a lie off of them and onto someone else. Omission is purposely leaving out details in a lie that might get you into trouble. Stereotypes and clichés are considered a form of lying because they do not allow us to think for ourselves as to what is the truth. A groupthink lie occurs when something bad could have…

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    while. The result of that would not turn out so great. About 75% of the people who are in a relationship admitted to lying to their significant other, according to a survey conducted by Dr. Pepper Schwartz. One’s partner is someone one should be able to talk about anything to. Lying causes one’s partner to be heartbroken, and it could also become something done daily. However, lying could also have a good outcome, like avoiding one’s partner and responsibilities only to surprise them with a…

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    Quinnie is lying; we are certain that she is lying. When we arrived,The time was 1:30 am,there was 10 minutes before Quinnes friends arrived and they called the police. In Quinnes statement she reported “Something terrible has happened---Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink---he still had his glass in his hand--and i think he's dead--Oh my god, what do i do?” Mr.volupides was found with and unbroken glass in his had ,his legs on the stairs and torso lying…

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