Fedson Joseph
English 1101_3C
February 1, 2016
Professor Young
Lying is Part of Life
Some people believe it’s never okay to lie but they do it
themselves. In the world that we live in people lie every day, lying is a part
of who we are. I believe it is permissible to lie but only when it is necessary.
It is only necessary to lie to somebody when you know the truth can hurt them.
I’m not saying lying is okay and it should be done every day but at times we
come to a point where we have to lie to protect the ones we care about. For example,
a mother lying to her child about Santa Clause or “there’s a monster in the closet
that only comes out when they misbehave”. Although those are small lies, at the
end of the day we have to tell these lies to protect the ones we love. Lying is
also okay when somebody is trying to keep a secret that’s not theirs from
another person. Sometimes we are put in situation where we have to protect an individual’s
secret by lying to others to protect the individual.
Lying is
not okay when there isn’t a motive another than self-interest. Most times people
lie just because they don’t want to tell the truth or are afraid of what others
would think of them when the truth comes out. In an ideal world everybody would
tell the truth without having to lie but this is not an ideal world, this is
reality. Can you picture a world without lies and dishonesty? I can honestly
say I can’t because lying is a part of life, and because it is a part of life, as
long as the human species continue to evolve so will lying.
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