Category: Lying

Throughout history, there have been many ideas as to what a lie is and what, if anything, constitutes a lie to be okay or allowed. There are many significant figures that each have their own views on the concept of truth-telling and what they believe to be right. In some cases, these figures think that…

I may be young, but Im old enough to know when you lying. Adults seem to think (or at least most adults I know), that children are entirely gullible creatures, with no sense of what is the truth, and what is fantasy. And in some cases, when we are young this is true. But don’t…

In Sissela Boks Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life, the philosopher examines the behaviour of lying and deception in public and private life. The results of such lies are then investigated through many real-life situations in which people are involved, either as liars or as the victims of deceit. The main focus of…

The effect that lying has on our moral can change our lives. People would call you names, they wouldnt want to listen to you because all they think your saying is all lies, they wont wanna be your friend, or be around you at all. When you lie in a work place you could be…

Even telling the littlest lie can get you in the most trouble in the future, yes at the time you get away with it but what makes you think if that lie comes out would anyone believe you when you finally try telling the truth. Everyone should just stop lying. Tell the truth, whether it’s…

Lying can be a noun and an adjective. As a noun lying is defined as the telling of lies, or false statements, untruthfulness. When lying is an adjective it is the telling or containing lies; deliberately untruthful; deceitful; false (Lying). Words that relate to this would be misleading, two faced, unreliable, fibbing, and mendacious. There…

From telling a friend that their dish is delicious, to falsely blaming absences on a busy schedule, lying has always been a natural response during uncomfortable situations. In Learning to Lie by Po Bronson and Is Lying Bad for Us? by Richard Gunderman, the authors delve into some of the reasons behind lying and how…

Lies are crafted to fulfill different purposes. The intention behind a lie is the dictating factor to the moral standing of the lie. Although the result of a lie is important, it can often be uncontrollable. There are several categories of lies classified by its use. Many of us lie everyday with the motive to…

Human has an aptitude to lie and that is one of the most common faults that we all have probably done. I cannot say that I have never lied before, but I cannot also justify that it resulted in any good. There was this time in my high school years when I lied to a…

There are times when lying is better than telling the truth since lies are reflections of reality that people cannot handle. One would instead choose to believe in illusions than the truth because human beings tend to decide to remain ignorant to prevent pain and would struggle to comprehend the complexity of the meaning of…