Did you know sixty five percent of Americans said lying is O.K., with this percentage, shows more than half of America lies. Everyone lies, it is everywhere we go there's a lie. Lying is a part of life. Lying is a skill you gain during life, and it’s a do it for good or bad thing. If you use it for bad it’s your fault not anyone else's. I believe you should know that everyone lies, and it’s apart of growing up, so you shouldn't believe everything you hear. In support of the article , “It's the truth: americans conflicted about lying.” Randy Cohen states that, “I’m a big fan of lying.” and he also states “Not only lying justified it is sometimes a moral duty.” So this shows that, you sometimes have to lie for the great or good. Another way to show this is, lying is something you have to do every day. Secondly, in the article, “Teens Do their Share of Lying” by Loretta Ragsdell, states that, “Lying is a trait children develop as toddlers and master with the onset of puberty.” Also, this shows that, lying is a part of life and can’t fight it. In other words, lying is O.K., it just depends on the person lying. So at the end, lying is every day job, and this …show more content…
To protect others. For instance, in article, “Brad Blanton: Honestly, Tell the Truth” Brad Blanton said that, “But we shouldn’t manipulate the truth except for rare times - you’re hiding Anne Frank in your attic…” So this shows that, lying is fine for great situations, and to save others. In other words, Brad Blanton says people shouldn’t tell the truth in situations like saving lives. To add, In article, “It's the truth: americans conflicted about lying.” A mother in palm desert, Calif. Says, “It was just too darned hot and she didn’t feel up to getting dressed and leaving home for a recent movie date.” This lie shows that, you lie to not wanting to go somewhere even though you’re tired. Another way to say this, lie for an escape
Richard Gunderman and Stephanie Ericsson each have written a piece explaining the impacts of lying on society. In Gunderman’s article, “Is Lying Bad for Us?” he outlines the health effects of lying, and how there are serious “mental and physical consequences,” (Gunderman 1). Ericsson’s essay, “The Ways We Lie,” focuses more on the different types of lying, and how each has a different impact. Although Gunderman’s and Ericsson’s pieces of literature both relate to the negative impacts of lying, their different thoughts of how lying impacts society, including types, health, and solutions, outweigh their similarities.
Richard Gunderman asks the question, "Isn 't there something inherently wrong with lying, and “in his article” Is Lying Bad for Us?" Similarly, Stephanie Ericsson states, "Sure I lie, but it doesn 't hurt anything. Or does it?" in her essay, "The Ways We Lie.” Both Gunderman and Ericsson hold strong opinions in regards to lying and they appeal to their audience by incorporating personal experiences as well as references to answer the questions that so many long to confirm.
Lying is bad but the fear that can come from it is worse. Fear can rule a person which drives them to extreme and irrational acts that can shape society in a negative way. We as people are so accustomed to how we should act that during times of fear and crisis our vision is blurred and sometimes our decision making abilities are impaired. We often look past at how much fear can affect us and our society. Starting from Salem 1692 and going to the McCarthy era fear ruled the people and even now in present time America we are constantly living in fear.
The article “Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant by Sissela Bok also presents the same argument. Sissela Bok presents the ideas and viewpoints of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher. Kant believed that lying was bad and that “truthfulness is statements which cannot be avoided is the formal duty of an individual to everyone, however great may be the disadvantage.” He believed lying was always bad no matter the situation. Kant said that lying “vitiates the source of law,” or makes the source of law weaker. Our whole purpose of the government is to serve justice and if everyone is lying in court, it gets harder to serve justice. The purpose of the government would not be fulfilled if people lie. According to Kant, lying also “harms the liar himself, by destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than a small thing.” Kant says lying makes the liar lose his or her pride and honor. And I think it probably makes the liar feel bad and makes them feel guilty. In the article “Teens Do their Share of Lying” by Loretta Ragsdell, a quote from Sabrina, a college freshman, takes about how she lied...
In “The Ways We Lie,” by Stephanie Ericsson, she defines various types of lying and uses quotations at the beginning of each description as a rhetorical strategy. Throughout the reading she uses similar references or discussion points at the beginning and ending of each paragraph. Most believe lying is wrong, however, I believe lying is acceptable in some situations and not others when Stephanie Ericsson is asked, “how was your day.” In “The Ways We Lie,” she lies to protect her husband’s feelings, therefore, I think people lie because they are afraid of the consequences that come with telling the truth.
A Critique of “The Truth about Lying: Has Lying Gotten a Bad Rap” by Allison Kornet
A person once said “the truth does not cost a person anything, but a lie costs a person everything”. The aim of the study is to take an in depth look at how the kinds of lies and sex differences in lying demonstrated in the scientific article are related with Pamela Meyer's tedtalk.
It has been inform from various studies that Americans tell an average of 11 lies a week. Knowing that, it is understandable that a person lies at least almost everyday. Whether it was a white lie or a pro social lie, it is still overall a lie. Sometimes in life you may have come upon, or go through, a lie that has been stacked up other lies. Not knowing the truth, it can create confusion or worse, even death. In Shakespeare's Othello, Cassio's loyalty to Othello was so strong that he didn't even realize lies by another character were going to lead him to being murdered.
The article, “Is Lying Bad for Us,” accurately describes the intentions of a “liar.” The author says, “Though liars do not tell the truth, they care about it, while the bullshitter does not even care about the truth and seeks merely to impress” (Gunderman). This statement proves that lying should not be viewed as out of the ordinary, or unacceptable, and that liars should not be viewed as bad people. Lying can be shown as a way of protecting or caring
We lie all the time, lying is not something new to our culture. We lie to our parents, we lie to our friends, we even lie to our significant other, but why do we do it? There is not one set reason on why we lie but they can vary from an insignificant reason to something more nefarious. A good operational definition of a lie is “A lie is a false statement to a person or group made by another person or group who knows it is not the whole truth, intentionally.” (Freitas-Magalhães) We have been raised to know that lying is usually a bad thing, and it’s better to tell the truth, not to mention the circumstances get exponentially worse if you are caught lying. No one wants to be labeled as a liar, or untrustworthy. This may sound unorthodox but I personally think lying is perfectly fine; depending on the situation. If you have a prima-facie duty to be dishonest it’s perfectly acceptable. Ross says a prima facie duty or obligation is an actual duty. “One’s actual duty is what one ought to do all things considered.” (Carson) I’m not the only one who finds this too be true. Ross would also agree with me, He says “Lying is permissible or obligatory when the duty not to lie conflicts with a more important or equal important prima facie duty.” (Carson) As I was doing research on this topic I did read one extremely compelling argument on why we ought not to lie. Aristotle basically said a person who makes a defense for lying could never be trusted. (King.)
We all grew up being told by our parents that lying is bad and that we should never do it. But everybody lies from time to time, whether they like to admit it or qnot. Lies are rarely told without a purpose, while some people just say that lying is bad, it is something that you should never do it, but they never look deeper into it. What if you had to lie to protect someone you love? What if you had to lie to protect yourself?
How I lifted my arm, so heavy in its loose-lapped skin and felt the scream taking shape like a dark hole in my chest … The trembling in my knees as I pushed myself up, the pain that jabbed the twisted bones of my hands (TMS 59). The magicality of her transformation is a sharp contrast to the realism of everyday world and Tilo, thus, personifies the trait of changing self of an emblematic trickster. Her changing self takes place when she readies herself to the First Mother’s queries who asks her, “Are you ready to give up your young bodies, to take on age and ugliness and unending service?”
People lie everyday to, in someway or another, keep themselves out of trouble. Many teenagers will lie to their parents about what they are doing for the evening, how much of their homework they have done, or how that glass vase got broken while they were out of town. We even lie to our significant others about who that other boy was that called the house or what exactly we did with our friends last night. All anyone is trying to accomplish by this is to stay out of trouble when we know we’ve done wrong. But we never think of the effects of lying. Although we think we’re being sly, parents are usually smarter than we give them credit for! And eventually our boyfriends and girlfriends will find out! Then the problem becomes the issue of trust. If you lie, there is no trust. That can be one of the serious consequences of lying.
Growing up, we are always told to never lie because it is the worst thing you could ever do. “Lying will only lead to a horrible situation with less than mediocre results. While lying is not always good, it is not always bad either. Samuel Butler once said “Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
"Honesty is the best policy," is a phrase many people still hear regularly. Most people tell their first lie when they are kids. Telling a lie is an exceptionally strange propensity because naturally everyone knows how to tell one. Mass numbers of individuals lie for various reasons that include the need to provide self-protection, the lie is oblivious to the liar, and to enhance another's feelings.