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    Harold Smith was diagnosed with a kidney tumor . he has an older daughter should he lie to her or tell her the truth ? I firmly believe that lying is acceptable in our society. Lying is justified when it can be used to protect others and care. For example, In article one it talks about say you're about to win a nobel prize and you get dressed and they ask you if they look fat. The husband is trying not to hurt the wife's feelings. ( NBCNEWS )(3) People should not always tell the truth because…

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    Reasons Why Teenagers Lie

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    their lives, making the lying process seem like a natural doing. However, what is the ultimate secret that makes teenagers lie consistently? Psychologists found out that lying became more like a habit today, even though teenagers do not know its consequences. Teenagers often get influenced much easier compared to adults; hence, they need to be aware of what is causing them to lie and know that it is not only them that confront difficult situations. Lying is not only the verbal lies, there are…

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    How Does Annemarie Lie

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    protect her, to help her, and to not scare her. These reasons for the lies help her get through her life during the war. Annemarie’s parents lie to protect her. They do this when there were explosions coming from somewhere. Her parents lied and said, “They are just fireworks.”This protects her because it makes her think it is safe. This isn’t the only reason they lie to her. The Family of Annemarie lies to her to make her more brave. Her Mom and Uncle lied and said…

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    close to him.Would you lie to them or tell them the truth later on? I firmly believe lying is acceptable in our society only in certain situations. Lying is justified when it can be used to protect and care for others. For example, lying to save others is a life or death situation.This connects to my argument because during the war Anne Frank was protected by a family who had to lie to the Nazie for the Nazie wont kill Anne Frank.What i mean by this is that you should lie to protect others. In…

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    constantly lie. One of the lies she says we tell are white lies, which people believed it’s the best option since they think it would cause less damage. Another lie is facade, describing it as a person putting a different identity to impress someone or to get the job. Deflecting is one of the lies she says we usually use to not talk about a certain topic. For instance if a person is changing the topic it necessarily means that they are trying to avoid the question. 2. Ecrisson says that a white…

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    Reasons Why People Lie

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    People lie for many reasons in this world, because of the way their brain was trained and the psychological part of it, and depending on the person it could be for the better or worse. Our environment is where we pick everything up from so that contributes to how often a person lies and their reasons. Lies can become very complicated depending on the situation, there are different lies. People also lie because of the good of their heart whether they know if it’s bad or not because sometimes…

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    We Ought To Lie Analysis

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    activity. A commonplace illustration is lying and the adage "you ought to lie". When we make this saying a widespread law, we make it something everybody should to do, constantly. At the end of the day, we get the law "you ought to dependably lie". In any case, it's unrealistic for us to need this to be a widespread law, in light of the fact that such a law is counter-intuitive; if everybody dependably lied, the very idea of a lie would be obliterated on the grounds that lying is just…

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    “Tell a lie once and all your truths become questionable” Why do people always insist honesty is the best policy? Honesty is valued extremely highly with good reason, it is praised, professional, and good for your health, we as a species should strive to be more honest to ourselves and the people around us. “Lies”, the word itself has an evil sound and feel that resembles a frightened snake ready to strike. With its fangs bared, ready to spread its venom into the minds of the people around it…

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    Lies Biziou-van-Pol, Haenen, Novaro, Liberman, and Capraro (2015) define a white lie as “a lie that benefits another person” (p. 538). Hsu and Cheung (2013) define white lies as “untruthful statements concerning an opinion, or personal preference, for a prosocial purpose, such as protecting the lie recipient’s feelings or maintaining politeness” (Hsu & Cheung, 2013, p. 1651). Whichever way it is defined, a white lie is used in a prosocial context to maintain cohesion within a relationship or…

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    another role model, who we believe is righteous and great, of their negatives acts. He gave an example of Isaac, who lied to King Abimelech of Gerar and Lot, who offered his daughter to a Sodom’s man. He also mentions Jacob and his sons. Theses people lie, mistreat, and took advantage of others, but why are people still admiring them? Thompson broke the passage down into two parts, which talks about the indiscretion and argument/excuse for the Patriarch’s actions; he helps explain to us the…

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