Noble lies and deadly truths?

Question

Do you agree that "noble lies" play a positive role in uniting and guiding politics, and are myths needed to give people meaning and purpose to ensure a stable society?

Answer 1

What is a noble lie, like Iraq has WMD's was that noble, it has only cost 2600 American lives and 10's of thousands of Iraqi lives. Stirred up the middle east and fed inflation because of the high cost of oil. Doesn't seem to noble to me when it is about personal gratification and enrichment.

Answer 2

i will concede that express lies, while used to realize an superior stable, can certainly be noble. while an undercover CIA agent, deceives others into thinking that he's an hardship-free businessman, this lie is needed and stable, because of the fact it serves a countrywide protection interest. whether, mendacity for the applications of protecting up governmental foibles or corruption can never be noble, and that's strictly this manner of deception that the neoconservatives are dealing in. So neoconservatives don’t lie, for the applications of protecting us from tips that can harm us. They, fairly lie, so they are able to guard themselves from public scrutiny. You call the lie –no count if it is the existence of WMDs, the meant connections between Al Qaeda and Iraq, the complicity of our government with governments that sponsor terrorist companies, or the great profiteering that occurs via company exploitation of the warfare – neocons hire each and every sort of mendacity attainable to no longer purely subvert the justice device, yet additionally to make themselves wealthy and useful on the cost of the lives of the yank citizenry and the international community.

Answer 3

Do you know about when Orson Welles broadcast "War of the Worlds" over the radio back in the 1930's or so? When this happened, a lot of listeners thought there really were Martians landing on Earth. They panicked. Some committed suicide out of fear. And it was only a radio show.

Some people can't handle the truth. So the "powers that be" omit and / or fabricate information for one of two reasons:

A) They want to save us from ourselves

B) They want to save their own butts

Answer 4

In very limited circumstances, but it's also a very slippery slope.

For example, "We will survive." May be a noble lie, if there is no current plan on how, but it is one that inspires and gives people hope. And one that just may become true later.

Then there are the 'white lies' that we tell every day. "Nice to see you." "I'm feeling fine." "I'd be happy to talk about the treaty."

The hard part is determining when people really want or need to know the truth. And sadly, that's something a lot of the listeners haven't even decided.

Answer 5

Yes to some degree.

There are certain truths that if the masses knew, they would lose all faith in the 'righteousness' of our country, thereby, destroying morale.

Some would argue that religion is a 'noble lie' in order to control the masses and keep society civilized. Could you imagine the chaos if no one believed there was a penalty after death for actions while on earth?

Answer 6

Yes we are familiar with g w bush
But there is nothing Noble about a lying piece of ****
And by the way if you think what he has done is Noble you can go straight to hell

Answer 7

What's noble about lying? We have too many myths already in our religions, Let's not increase the myths.

Answer 8

In a democracy and in a world as complex as the one we live in, the government keeps secrets if necessary. It doesn't out and out lie to the American people.

Answer 9

If you are trying to convince idiots to believe in you, yes.
It works for Bush.
Iraq is an ignoble lie!

Answer 10

So thats how you are spinning it nowadays?