How can we solve the word problems through deceit?
2006-10-20 05:19:16 · 271 answers · asked by sotu 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Sorry for the typo............its suppose to read, world problems not word problem.
2006-10-20 05:22:40 · update #1
Many say to defend anothers feeling therby safeguarding my own.
Fear
Honesty is a form of weakness.
Why have we created a society a world where honesty has very little place in our lives?
What then is our relationship to anything or anyone and to each other?
Why do we fear being true not only to others but to ourselves?
Are we so self occupied?
2006-10-20 10:20:50 · update #2
An opinion, if you are honest, neednt be spoken.
Honesty is not freedom to judge another. That is a different problem.
The word honesty has its origin in Honour.
2006-10-20 21:15:55 · update #3
Being honest in the sense at one with the facts, at one with the 'what is'. Its not a question of giving an honest opinion to another.
Fear seems the strongest answer!
To honour another. To be honest.
What is the factor underneath the fear if you take all the layers away?
Are we at risk of making excuses for deceit? What message does this bring to the world and the children.
Being honest to honour is not being thoughtless or judgemental a dying person an overweight person, its not about what you think of them and being honest. Its being honest to yourself why you have such thoughts.
2006-10-23 04:17:35 · update #4
' fear of being oneself and being completly honest about who you are is the fear of being looked down upon from society and others. '................
This answer has thread running through most of the answers.
My question is why do we feel this way?
Are we so shallow and meaningless that we have to role play throughout our lives and pretend to be what everyone else wants.
All the time they are playing the same game to!
How we discoverd the meaning of insanity?
2006-10-23 04:25:37 · update #5
I would say it is fear of rejection, being laughed at etc
2006-10-20 05:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 3⤋
There's a few factors.
The main one is that it isn't that people don't want to be honest, but they don't want to deal with the consequences from the honesty head on. They rather "confess" it and get caught because if you can tell a lie and get away with it, then why tell the truth? Unless someone busted you out and then you come clean. A lack of honesty is what makes the world go round. I think it is the balancing of the scales in which everything isn't revealed. For the most part I consider myself honest for the most part, and even brutally honest at times, but I would be lying if I said I never lied before in my life. I think it's human nature to lie here and there, but if you're a compulsive liar, then we got a problem. Because compulsive liars lie about the sky being blue, and the majority of the time it's unnecessary. I have a problem when people say unnecessary lies.
And no one wants to see the repercussions of the revealing of the truth. It can hurt people's feelings, get yourself and others in trouble, and it weighs heavy on the conscience.
2006-10-23 04:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. PHILlis (in training) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a question! It's one that I presented to my students as a journal entry and I received so many responses. I will share some of them, and include my own. Most of my students are fearful of rejection. That is the largest factor that seems to inhibit people today. When we are young, our parents teach us that telling the truth is the key factor in building our self-esteem and self confidence. Then, when we see a "fat" person on the street and make a comment - all of a sudden , the honesty factor goes out of the window. Now we are wrong for pointing people out. I know this is a very elementary explanation, but it serves the purpose that our messages are double-minded, ambigious and confusing. Honesty would serve us all very well if we could handle it. Our bottom selves - the base of who we are - is not able to handle true honesty because we have so many other layers of "stuff", "baggage" and insufficiencies that keep us from being honest - not only with our family members, but everyone we meet. We are taught not to hurt people's feelings, but we are not taught 'how' to correctly give opinions and information in such a way that a person does not feel "attacked". It is almost as if we live in a society that people prefer to hear lies, rather than truth - and then - we have to also weigh -where the truth is coming from and the person who is delivering the "truth". Trust is big issue. As a teacher, I am honest with my students. I let them know up front that life is not fair and I can't be "fair" as they know the word towards them. I have to treat them with respect and dignity, but fair does not always play a part. I have to provide them what they each need and that might mean fairness , as we know it, is not considered. Honesty is always the best policy. We need to treat each other with honesty, but always cogzinant of the feelings and emotions of others. The Golden Rule still prevails - do unto others as you would have them do unto you - and I add my own - and if they don't ..love and treat them well anyway. You are tbe better person for it.
2006-10-21 12:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's a time and place for everything...sometimes honesty is the best policy, depending on what the situation involves...i feel that for the most part, fear of being rejected, is the very thing that stops us from being totally honest...it is part of human nature to want to be accepted by others, and if we fall short of that, we feel that a lie will keep things running smooth with whoever it is were trying to get approval from...the truth often hurts more than a lie, sometimes...even with politicians, they lie, and spin the truth in order to achieve more votes...only to do the complete opposite to what they had promised...this world will never be problem free because of deceit, and politicians would argue that they put a spin on things, because they are trying to protect the public from scaremongering, and causing unnecessary panic... they are making the decision for us that we cannot handle the truth, i happen to think if the truth was told people would be better prepared for things to come...the only time we learn about the truth is when things have gone that far, and are so bad that there is no other option, but to tell the truth.
2006-10-21 08:27:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The consequence of truth keeps us from being 'totally' honest. They say the truth shall set you free, but that's a lie. You can only be honest if you live a good life, free from evil. And even then, it would be hard.
It's hard to be honest when your wife asks "Does this dress make me look fat?". It's hard to be honest when your opinions don't coincide with the views of society.
I get thumbs downs all the time for some of the things I say here in my honest opinion ('cause I'm not kissin' a.ss like everybody else), and only once was I actually chosen for as best answer for being honest.
I can't tell you how we could solve world problems through deciet. I don't think we can solve it with a lie, or even the truth... Because the truth right now is, that we may not be able to solve world problems. We can't even solve the problems in our own country at this point. It doesn't take deceit or truth to solve problems, it takes action, and turning things around.
I'm not too sure I understand what you mean by world problems, there are many different things going on, from pollution, to the greenhouse effect, to animal cruelty, to world hunger, to world war...
I'll tell you that deceit may prevent problems from occuring. There are lot's of people who think that the whole greenhouse effect is a lie, and if it is, well, it's a lie that would force us to conserve energy, which in the long run would be helpful to the environment.
2006-10-20 08:24:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is a rat race going on out there in the world hunger for power wealth and women. Honesty earns a man not even a days bread! So in such times wouldnt this same man start twisting facts enough so that he may live.
My father is a down to earth honest man and he keeps getting bankrupt every year! He doesn't lie to his customers or use substandard material. His bills are high so he doesnt get contracts! How will he survive this era? Today it is not the survival of the fittest it is the survival of the most dishonest! Dishonesty can be of all forms here just not money alone!
2006-10-21 04:32:09 · answer #6 · answered by lolavitala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honesty is the best policy, we can't solve anything through deceit, never have never will, because it is deceitful, people withold the truth because of fear, mostly fear of falling short and being portrayed or looked at as weak, so many people try to come off "self assured" strong and tough, but underneath it all there is a world of rooted fears and insecurities and they just mask the whole thing, this is why you hear people saying that individuals walk around wearing masks, which does not enable them to be free, free spirited and truly being themselves, so what if we mess up?, It's okay if we do!!
People want to be something that they aren't and will never be in this world, (perfect) super human, the level of expectation on perfection along with psychological issues do to personality disorders has gotten out of hand.
This is why more than ever, we see more lonely people, ever.
2006-10-20 18:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by You are loved 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honesty, like honor, is not a sign of weakness. Honesty comes from living a life where you consider your consequences and go with the actions that you can be proud of - thereby eliminating the need for deceit. Any one can make an honest mistake - the weakness come from the deceit. One deceit builds upon another until the liar is so burdened by remembering 2 realities that they get tripped up. Even the kindest deceit - that which simply wants to spare the feelings or worry of another - heads you down a difficult path and can be a lot of work.
We must be courageous to be honest. We must approve of ourselves and of our actions. We must have faith that those we love will remember we love them even if we momentarily hurt them. The path of Honour can be a hard one - calling for you to be ever vigil and careful - but it is also the most rewarding and ultimately the easiest.
Peace!
2006-10-22 09:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by carole 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say that I am totally honest. It doesn't usually go over too well however so I would have to guess that most people are deceitful so that they don't alienate or frighten people who really don't want to hear the truth. To fit in to a society of liars, I suppose one has to lie.
Well I suppose if I'm being "totally" honest I must admit I tell a white lie now & then to spare someone's feelings (For example, Do you like my outfit? Yes. Do I look fat? No.) Or I may lie by omission (not volunteer information that will hurt someone). I don't believe in hurting someone unnecessarily. So I suppose I do bend to modern civility in that sense. Society as a whole probably doesn't prize honesty. I don't know if word problems or world problems can be solved through deceit. Though it certainly helps people to weasel out of daily conflicts...
2006-10-20 05:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah, what a slippery slope. Maybe the problem is that we live in a world colored in shades of grey---and a black and white answer doesn't always cut it.
I foolishly expected honesty from the government about whether there were weapons of mass distruction present in Iraq. Unfortunately, the government didn't agree with me. Deceit was needed to rally support for this military action.
But then there is deceit that is tact in disguise. Telling someone with a chronic illness that they seem a little better today is a compassionate lie. I wouldn't even call it deceit.
The problem is with people who can't tell the difference between the first and the second example.
2006-10-22 08:50:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only factor that should make someone consider less than total honesty is the integrity of the other person. (eg: 'does this hat make me look fat?' Truth: 'Yes' Less than honest: 'It brings out the colour of your eyes beautifully').
True deceit is self benefitting.
Hmmm 'word problems through deceit': spellcheck (solved! - sorry just being honest).
Now, assuming you mean 'world problems':
There are so many problems in the world, one of the most erroding is deceit itself.
You can't solve a problem with a problem. That's like curing the cold with the flu virus... hey, wait a minute.
No, it can't be done no matter I tell you! You have to go beyond and find the truth. To assume society can't handle the truth (common excuse) is defeating in itself.
2006-10-20 05:30:58 · answer #11 · answered by Oh, I see 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋