How do you juggle the intricacies of truth, honesty & integrity?

Question

Do you live by specific modes and ethics or do you adhere to your own?

They say like love and hate there is a fine line between truth and fiction (lies).

Where do you find your balance?

Where do you find most challenges lie?

Are you selective about whom, what, when, where, why and how you tell your truths, little white lies, lies by omissions?

Are you are all or nothing kind of person, if so how do you reconcile your decisions, where do you draw the line?

Answer 1

i do the best i can and i would have to say that although i feel like i adhere to my own, i learned those ethics from somewhere, so they are not totally my own.

Answer 2

Truth, honesty and integrity.
These are the type of qualities people try to adhere by.
How do I fit them in my life style?-- well truth and honesty- There is no specific mode and ethics that I follow- because I have always believed in telling the truth and being honest. Because when you lie- it's not the person you tell the lie- who get's cheated. You cheat yourself by doing that.

My own ethics is to follow are being honorable, compassionate to others and respecting oneself, other people and the community. Because these are the things which are basic principles which we should live by. I don't think life is ever complete without following these simple qualities.

To find the balance---
will - I think that fact and fiction- they are on different ends of the spectrum.
Fact- is saying what is really true- Fiction is reversing it. -- saying something which is contrary to or the false statement.
Yet- in order to have a fine line between the two- fiction would have had to be based on the truth- therefore, the difference is lesser in the actual closeness to the truth. But morally, true and false-- they are opposites and not at all close.

Am I selective? no- I live by the same morals to everyone-- Tell the truth to everyone--
Yes there are times in which I decide to not tell everything- sometimes giving too much information is not good. So avoid telling lies or refraining from telling the truth by not inviting too much information when you feel the need to not let the other person know.

In some aspects of life- I'm all or nothing. In doing something- I either put all my effort or none. But most of the time- i end up putting all my effort.

In moral standards-- I believe in all. Because it's important. .. there is never a nothing situation. If I can't do it all, then I try to do as much as a can.

Answer 3

This is a very good question! I believe in doing my best to tell the truth and maintain my integrity to the best of my ability.

If there is a situation which seems to call for a mild deception to avoid hurting someone's feelings, sometimes I'll go ahead and say what I don't mean, but more often I'll return a question for a question and/or give an oblique answer.

Examples:

Q. What do you think of my new beard?
A. I don't know - it's different, isn't it?

Q. Do you like my haircut?
A. Wow, that's really short! What do you think about it?

There are more complicated situations in which you know some facts about a given matter but have promised to keep them secret. If someone I respect asks a direct question, I'd probably say I've been sworn to secrecy. Most other people would get bland non-answers.

In a situation where blunt honesty would involve blaming someone else, I usually do my best to avoid a direct accusation, unless it's a very serious matter. Blaming someone else is usually not honorable, so I try to use deliberately vague phrases. Example: "Ideally we would have paid that bill on time, but there was a problem and that didn't happen in this case." If it was something I did (or failed to do), I take full responsibility. I won't say I've never tried to avoid taking a hit for something, but when you get a reputation for telling the truth even when it is not in your favor, people have a tendency to believe you more readily. That trust is very important.

Answer 4

Truth, honest, and Integrity. Let me see. Well all three are connected so by getting say honesty into your life the other two will fall into place.

Answer 5

All three things you listed go hand in hand. I personally live by a specific moral "code" or law. Honesty is the only way to go.

http://www.watchtower.org/

Answer 6

I try to do unto others as I would have done to me. I try to love my neighbor as myself. I try to always be honest, but kind. I believe I have a lot of integrity.

Answer 7

If I feel wrong doing it, I don't. I guess it's all our own personal choices.

Answer 8

I do my best to follow the bible, but I never can.

Answer 9

all the time. it's called cognitive dissonance.

Answer 10

Be yourself.