Archive for July, 2009
Mother Said Never to Lie
by Dino on Jul.13, 2009, under ethics
A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a friend when the subject of lying came up. I can’t remember what the context of the conversation was but I remember telling him that I do not lie and haven’t done so for many years now. One might have assumed I don’t because I think lying is wrong but that wasn’t my reason. I do think it is wrong but primarily why I do not lie anymore is because of the difficulty of keeping up the lie. How embarrassing it would be to be caught in a lie sometime in the future. My friend then brought up a mock situation, a friend asks you what you thought of their hair or what they were wearing and you didn’t like it, what would you say? (continue reading…)
