...Richard Gunderman is the author of “Is Lying Bad for Us?”. In his article he explained why lying can be bad for us. Stephanie Ericsson is the author of “The Ways We Tell Lies.” Ericsson explains the different ways we lie and why we lie. The importance of this essay is to show that Ericsson has a strong article. By comparing tone, purpose, and evidence in the two essays, the reader can determine that Ericsson’s essay is stronger. Gunderman’s tone is formal. Formal tone can be difficult to understand his point of view. In his writing he uses case studies and quotes from scholars, which can be difficult for the reader to understand and relate. Gunderman writes: “Perhaps the most powerful more argument for honesty has to do with what the French...
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...Title of Your Report Elie Wiesel’s novel Night, he lies to his cousin Stein and tells his family is alive when they really are not. Elie goes through a sad time and does not want his cousin to be any sadder. Although he made the choice to lie to Stein, it is never okay to lie because a person can get in trouble, it is not nice, and it makes people not trust that person anymore. The first reason someone should not lie is because they can get in trouble. A person can get in trouble for lying at home and at school. A person can also get in trouble at work. It is important to not get in trouble because a person wants another person to be able to trust them. Another reason a person should not lie is because a person knows when another person...
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...When Is Lying OK? Lying is absolutely a terrible and life-threatening thing to do that could destroy and demolish your life. Lying has annihilated thousands of lives and continues to do so today. Around the world, there is an international debate deciding if lying is acceptable or not. Some may argue that lying can protect and bulwark someone’s feelings and emotions. But in today’s society, most people would rather live sadly amidst truth than live happily amongst lies. The truth is that lying is unacceptable and intolerable because it hurts the liar and others around them. There are many reasons and facts that prove lying is bad. For example, being truthful is everyone’s individual duty. Another reason you shouldn’t lie is that telling the truth is much...
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...this being against the law. In this case it is ok to lie in order to keep the Jews safe because they are lying for the greater good. When making a decision one must weigh the pros and cons and when it comes to Corrie's decision the good most definitely outweighed the bad. Corrie continues to lie in order to save the Jews because they are still...
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...Lying is ubiquitous. It is seen everywhere and it is truly an art form, it comes in many shapes and forms: white lies, doublespeak, and dismissal are some of many forms of lies. Whether lying is a positive or a negative thing is a question that many people have different views on. Humans are very selfish, everyone lives for themselves, everything someone does is something that is in their best interest. Whether you're a Politician, insurance salesman, a real-estate agent, or simply just an average Joe doing nothing special you're going to be lying countless times throughout your life to people you hate and love. And that is okay because it's your life and if you can get what you want or avoid trouble then why not. Lying is generally seen as a bad thing, if you've never met someone but you hear that person has a reputation for being a liar, then you'll probably avoid having a relationship with that person. However it's not always a bad thing because many lies will make people feel better about themselves. For instance, Stephanie Ericsson who wrote an essay on lying, "The Ways We Lie", discusses many forms of lying such as the white lie. This lie being one of the good lies "The white lie assumes that the truth will cause more damage than a simple, harmless untruth" (349). So if your kids draw you a dog on a piece of paper with crayons and it looks like a bunch of lines you would commend them on their effort rather than telling them they did a terrible job. This is a good thing...
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...Lying is the point at which a man does not come clean or does not tell every one of the actualities. Why do individuals lie? There might be a wide range of assessments and possibly various reasons of why individuals lie. One thing is correct however that lying is considered ethically wrong in our general public. In the United States, Armed force lying is viewed as a standout amongst the most immoral actions a soldier or any other personnel can take towards the armed force, particularly if it's misleading an NCO. In the armed force, there is a zero tolerance policy for liars and or lying when all is said in done. Indeed, even thought to lie is ethically wrong individuals keep on lying in their regular day to day existences. As a soldier, one must not fall into the allurement or fall underneath one armed forces values and code of conduct. As a soldier one is looked upon and trusted, to come clean, regardless. Misleading an NCO or officer is not the right decision for a trooper to make...
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...taught that lying is wrong and hurts people including ourselves. Moreover, we also have educated that it is better to accept the consequences of any actions than to lie. However, the more they grow up, the more they know about using of lying because telling the truth cannot always solve the problem. From the point of view, some lying is acceptable, some is not. It depends upon what purposes that make people tell lies. The first point to note is that although telling lie is easy to get things in the short period of time, it will create a bad impression on the next generation as well as it does not give any benefit on long way. For example, if you tell some lies to the children such as smoking doesn't effect on everyone around, what will they learn in their future? It is dangerous for everyone too aware of wrong way because of adult. Another point they would like to mention is that if they always cheat others many times, one day lie will befall upon anyone and will lose prestige in relationships. The story telling about a shepherd rearing the sheep is typical example. It cheats villagers many times that there was wolf on the hill. When they run to save it but found no wolf, they became angry with it. And then when the wolf really came, no one bothered it. Finally, the wolf attacked it sheep and also killed the boy. It was due to the own sin that the boy got the kill. On the other hand, in some situations, telling the truth leads to more bad than good. So with this lying is used...
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...Will we ever be able to 100% accurately perceive if someone is lying? Lying is apart of everyday life. It can be done in a positive way, to benefit a situation, or can be done in a negative way to make something worse. It can be done in something so simple as lying about what you were doing earlier to your friend, when really you were at the mall buying her a birthday present for her birthday that weekend. A negative example of lying would be a girlfriend cheating on her boyfriend, and lying about what she was doing instead. Then you have situations where you lie and agree with someone just to keep a conversation going. You also have compulsive liars who feel the need to lie about everything they do and talk about. Sometimes these people get so convinced on what they are lying about themselves, that they don’t even know how much they do it or when they do it. Both men and women lie in approximately a fifth of their social exchanges lasting 10 or more minutes; over the course of a week they deceive about 30 percent of those with whom they interact one-on-one. (Phycology Today, 1997.) Now if you’re in a criminal situation and they only have your feedback to go off of, they need to test whether or not you’re lying. In order to do this, they need to use a polygraph or brain scanner. These lie detecting technologies aren’t 100% effective. My question is if they will ever be improved or 100% accurate. While looking up how we benefit ourselves with the lie detection technologies...
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...helped many companies from having major downfalls within and other employees because of the unethical practices. There are many bad practices and unethical behavior to make their company look better than others. Companies may mess with numbers in their books to look more profitable to a competitor and just because a company may have more customers does not always mean that they have more money. Many businesses will focus on short term and not the long term outlook. The company that I work for focuses on long term which they set goals each year to reach the target of sales. If they do not reach their target they will restructure in the areas that need work. By lying only makes a company look bad in the end because there are now many ways to catch a business lying about their profits. Audits now take place to catch these bad ethics that go on with in the company. So the question is why? Why would companies do this? They will get caught maybe not now but somewhere down the line number and financial statements will not add up and stop misrepresenting data. One company that made headline was Enron how they had bad ethical practice was that they covered up billions of dollars of debt. How they were able to do this was work around loop holes and entries in the financial statements. There are many crooked companies out there that will do such things so that is why the Sarbanes Act was passed so these types of behavior would not happen. References http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/05/25/ceos-run-around-enron-rule/...
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...Module 1: Lying We generally think of lying as negative, and lying is sometimes referred to as fraud or cheating and might lead to severe punishment. However, is it possible for lies to be justified? In module one, a lie in military and a lie in business were presented. In the military case ‘Operation Fortitude’, the Allies fooled the Nazis by creating fake invasion signals. In the business case, Harold provided fake documents to the bank to get a loan in order to pay salaries in his business. Are these two lies justified? In the following content, I would analyze the ‘Operation Fortitude’ and the fake document for loan from a utilitarian point of view and a deontological point of view. Then I would give my own opinion on whether I think it is ethical to lie in these two cases. From a Utilitarian point of view, an ethical action is an action that maximizes utility. In the example of three grandchildren taking care of their grandmother, despite the three children having different motives, it is considered ethical in a utilitarian point of view as long as the children show up and take care of the grandmother. Another example raised in class is whether to give a waiter tips in a restaurant that you will not likely visit in the future. In a utilitarian point of view, as long as the result is the waiter receiving the tips, which generates utility to him, no matter what the motives of giving the tip is, the customer is ethical. The deception of...
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...he says this he is giving a reason as to why he is lying about being a witch. He thinks for the good of others. This is why this lie is allowed to be told. He does not want anybody to suffer. He wants to teach his sons that do not conform to the low social level, that everybody else has succumbed to. He would rather die than to live a lie. This is an example of why it would be better to lie than tell than truth in this situation. “Honesty isn’t just a word, it’s a characteristic of an act, behavior, or personality.”(Dustin Wax, Life Hack) You can either behave honestly or act honestly. The difference between the two is that behaving honestly is truly being honest while acting honest is like having a mask on. You may seem honest but you’re truly not. No one should act honest but sometimes you have to. Being this way can mostly lead to bad experiences. But the only time when you should act honest is when your life's in danger or protecting someone...
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...I want to be the Sly Fox because although I think Goldilocks should be punished and is guilty I believe that the Big Bad Wolf lying to the people just for that reduced jail time is messed up and wrong. I also believe that the Big Bad Wolf is trying to make Goldilocks look bad for the things he did even if I think she should be punished and I also think that nobody should deserves to be punished for doing something somebody else did. There is even evidence that the Big Bad Wolf did it and I know that evidence and want to make it clear to everyone that the Wolf did this. My First reason for why you should choose me for the Sly Fox is that I know she did not do all the bad things that Wolf told everyone and I want to be the one to stand up and...
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...CH 11 What are the reasons why people lie in Organizations? Lying is sometimes a result from a barrier that is unable to overcome in a organization. These barriers can be talking on the phone, sending emails, gossip, ect. There are many things that a person can lie about in an organization. They could lie about a mistake they made, take credit for something they did not do, lie about communicating internally/externally, or just to save themselves from being punished. These lies are a way to protect ones self from being viewed as a bad asset to the company or organization. Many times when a person is lying to cover up for something they will throw in some curve balls. These curve balls can be true statements or actions the person says in their lie to make it seem more true. For example, if an employee is lying about sending out a shipment late, they may say that the shipment order was filled out and completed and delivered, but it was not delivered. The truth of filling out the shipping document is true but delivering the document is a lie. This little truth in ones lie may make them feel better about the lie and make it more believable. I have not really experienced someone lying to me in a workplace situation but I assume it would be very difficult. It is hard to tell someone that they are lying and get the truth out of them. The only case I can think of was I had a member in a group for school who continuously lied about being late to meeting and not showing...
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...The truth between the lies The Truth Between The Lies Lying is inevitable. We see it in our everyday lives. We see it in the moments we used to tell our mothers we were done with our homework. We witness it pour out of the mouths of politicians. We even see it in those that we trust the most. Little white lies are the most common, outward lies are often less common; even so they are both considered lies. Lies come in many degrees, but their purpose is the same, lies are meant to deceive. Stephanie Ericsson plunges deep into this subject. She mentions in her article “The Ways We Lie” that a lie, whether in good faith or not is never a good thing to do. The result of a lie is always something hurtful. Ericsson says that as bad as lies are, telling the truth all the time is nearly impossible. Doing so would mean dealing with some harsh consequences, so we decide to just lie instead. In many nations lies are the status quo, they are both hidden and public. Many people though either don’t bother to point them or are not even aware of them in the first place. One type of lie is group thinking: this is when a group suppresses different, creative, or complicated ideas that unlikely to happen. By only considering some ideas and not others it leads to an ignorant sense of loyalty to the group and a not so smart final decision. For example, in Dec, 5, 1941, after many warnings about the Japanese planning a military attack the U.S just dismissed it as a fluke. The United States reasoned...
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...were told were because of vengence. Lying comes at a cost because Elizabeth Proctor got her husband hanged, Abigail Williams got most the people accused and killed in salem, Samuel Parris and Thomas Putnam lie but there's not much effect on what they lied about. First off, Elizabeth Proctor is a holy women, but when she told a lie to show that John Proctor is a good man, it lead to having her husband being condemned and then hanged. She has never lied before and she has always been a christian women. However, this is one of the reasons why lying is dangerous, “I come to think he fancied her. And so one night I lost my wits, I think, and put her out on the highroad,”(190). In this quote Elizabeth says that abigail and proctor never had an affair but that clearly happened. Then Proctor tells her that he told the judges and Elizabeth’s heart drops and realizes that she had made a mistake....
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