Throughout ages of human society, the question of morality has always been hotly debated. Many famous philosophers of iconic lands, such as Socrates, Voltaire, Confucius, and Swami Vivekananda have written and spoken volumes on the meaning of morality and its impact on human society. Their actions and judgments have helped society, such as Socrates impact on Ancient Greece or Vivekananda’s impact on Medieval Indian Society. Because of their actions, the debate of morality has helped us learn from the mistakes of previous generation and societies, and help us build our society today. Clearly, morality is very important to humans. But why is morality so important to us?

Perhaps, one reason why morality is so important is because it discriminates between actions that are seemingly “right”, and actions that are seemingly “wrong”. Not only that, but it also helps us handle a dilemma in the best way possible in order to avoid a potentially disastrous situation. For instance, many people consider a “wrong” action to be immoral. One example of action always considered immoral is lying. In general, many people consider lying, the act of not telling the truth or providing incomplete information, to be immoral. But is it always immoral to lie? Can there be situations where lying can be a moral action to take?

At first, I didn’t think so. But after a semester of reading books such as Everything Matters, The White Tiger and Someone Knows My Name along with researching articles on lying and its implications on our society, I’ve found that as long as lying is only used to escape from a dilemma, is not harmful to others, and prevents others from committing an immoral act, it’s not immoral to lie in our modern day society.

The White tiger by Aravind Adiga was a resonating book that we read this semester, and it really changed my views and judgments on morality. This book