Power Of Lying Essay

To what extent does one's ability to hide the truth and strategize make them more viable to thrive?

When individuals hear about politicians and businessmen or bankers they think of corruption. Individuals consider most of these people of power to be liars. Generally individuals say such things as “they got to be in power by lying”. Lying when done right can get people things they want such as power and wealth. Receiving these two things give an individual more means to thrive in the society we live in. With wealth you can bend other people of power to give you power, or with power you can create means to make wealth. With these two things someone can become almost an unstoppable force leading individuals who have less ability than them. This essays purpose is to explain the extent on how lying can make an individual, more prosperous in our society. The ways of knowing this extended essay will target will be emotion, because emotions are what drives ethics and faith, because lying deals with people being faithful in other people and also how the individual lying puts faith in that their lie will work. The areas of knowledge this extended essay will touch will be Ethics, and (religious knowledge systems). SECTION NAME TBA According to Stanford there is no universally accepted definition of lying. The Oxford English Dictionary 1989 states that lying is “to make a false statement with the intention to deceive”. (Should state most accepted one??) In 1773 Isenberg defined lying as “A

Kant also continues on to say that the concept of duty is inseparable from the concept of right. A duty is that which one being corresponds to the rights of another. Where are there are no rights, there are no duties. To tell the truth is this a duty: but it is a duty only in respect to one who has a right to the truth. But no one has a right to a truth which injures