Why Is Lying Acceptable

Is lying really fully acceptable? Whether it be lying to your friend about leaving their party really early to do something else or to something serious like lying about breaking a low, people use lying as part of their everyday life. Lying is sometimes acceptable depending on the situation.

White lies are acceptable because they protect someone’s feelings from getting hurt. According to the article It’s The Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying, nearly ⅔ of Americans agree that it’s ok to lie to protect someone’s feelings. The other ⅓ say lying is never justified. Some people believe it’s acceptable to lie in minor situations like telling your child too much TV is bad for them or telling your friend his/her outfit is really nice even when

Their reason is to prevent the mother from being overly-stressed out. “Why get her all stressed out?” Smith, 64, of Pioneer, California. “I tried to protect her. It slowed down the anxiety. Later, I told her what really happened.” Some people believe that what he did was acceptable and he was just trying to protect his wife. However, others says he should’ve just told her since relationships rely on trust and just lying can ruin that in seconds. In much more serious cases like lying about the law, lying is never the solution because at some point, the truth will always come out. Lying about doing something wrong will just make it somehow worse for yourself and there shouldn’t even be a reason to lie since there will somehow be serious consequences based on what you did. However, Cohen claims “Not only is lying justified, it is sometimes a moral duty.”

Mostly people who disagree would be the people who believe lying is acceptable in all situations. This argument can make people lose a lot of trust in you and you may lose relationships and friendships. I hope this argument can reach out to people so that they know which situations are acceptable to lie in. Some people believe that it’s okay to lie all the time just to get out of situations they don’t want to be in. I believe that lying is just a defense mechanism and that we should just use it in situations where we really need