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    Diffident Monologue

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    react to them. All the questions and demands that I hear have no answers. I’m afraid of acting wrong and cynical that, I’m indignant because I should know what to do even when I act diffident. Their eyes know when I lie but, in this world of people who expect a lot from others, people lie to survive, people hurt others to feel better, they don’t act incisive, they act dumb. They can smell my fear, a feeling that tears me apart. It’s not hard, it’s easy to accept that in this little world where…

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    It Is Ok To Lie

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    It is ok to lie to someone, if the intention of the lie is to protect that person. I believe this statement can be true in most cases, unless the person who’s getting helped doesn’t want their helper to deal with a big punishment. Say a person makes a mistake at their job, and their friend lies to cover for them. The person would be okay if their if their friend managed to keep their job, but would feel guilty if their friend was fired. Thus, it is sometimes better for people not to lie in some…

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    While guilt has significant influences on confessions, the interrogation environment has been found to be connected with both true and false confessions. When tested on the accuracy of suspect judgement, researchers were surprised to find out that training might impair proper judgement of the subject. In Saul M. Kassin and Gisli H. Gudjonsson’s research, “The Psychology of Confessions”, Kassin and Gudjonsson claims, ”...the federal, state, and local investigators- compared with untrained college…

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    that the young out not to lie at all. That of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary”. Clemens also satirizes lying he explains, “You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught”. Here he is not telling the youth to never lie because clearly everyone lies and it might not impact one until one is caught. Instead, if one get caught, “you can never again be in the eyes to the good and the pure”, implying that even if you lie you are innocent and…

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    Truth means absolute. It is the opposite of fake. When you want to know if Santa's real you always ask your parents, because you trust them. Or at least I did.. Are you telling the truth? Do you pinky promise? As children we always wanted to know the truth, the real stuff. But now as we grow into adulthood the authenticity is a little scary. Truth is we will all have to grow up, we will have to pay water bills, buy groceries, get married, and be alone sometimes. That's the truth, it will happen.…

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    Plagiarism is the classic copy-paste. It`s esentially stealing someone else`s work. However, avoiding is not as eash as changing a few words are you paste. There`s more than one way of plagiarizing. Lorena. APA is a way to be assured of acknowledging the autor, website, etc. If you plagiarize, then you will lose credibility of your work. It is very important togive credit to the people for their work. Luis. Plagiarism involves stealing someone else`s work and lying about it afterward. This…

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    try to avoid it everyday. Honesty is something we have been taught since we have been children, yet we misuse it. The Merriam-Webster definition of honesty is fairness and straightforwardness of conduct; adherence to the facts (Honesty). People may lie to get out of a situation right there and right now, but eventually it may fill them with guilt for days to come. Honesty takes a long time to get earned; “Honest Abe” wasn't just giving to Abraham Lincoln for no reason, her earned it. Even though…

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    When Is Lying Ok?

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    When Is Lying Ok? Lying is part of life and human nature. People lie for personal gains, mostly if they want to receive something and they also lie for others’ benefits, but in certain cases, lying to someone can be a matter of life or death. For instance, lying is acceptable only when someone’s life is in danger, or when someone lies to protect another person’s feelings. To start off, lying to someone can save a person’s life. One credible source is, The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies,…

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    speak the truth and nothing but the truth (Kant says, 4). When we lie the lie makes its way to where we are and makes us look bad and makes us less of a human being. Lying is what things worse for you; therefore, you should keep telling the truth no matter what might happen even if you are trying to protect someone's feelings. In addition,” people who say lying is wrong our often thinking the abstract !’’ said Bella Depaulo. When you lie you are probably hurting someone that you are lying to at…

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    Kant On Lying

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    matter what the situation is. The problem with this statement is, occasionally lying must be done in order to protect someone. It is for the following that I believe that lying is almost never acceptable. Opponents may say that it is acceptable to lie whenever because they have free will and can do as they desire. Except, most reasons behind people's lies are to benefit themselves. These lies, as Immanuel Kant and Brad Blandon says, destroys human dignity and makes your life more stressful than…

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