Can a lie ever be justified? (like can a lie ever be right)?

Question

The longer the answer the better...
tks

Explain please and the longer the better thanks.

Answer 1

It largely depends on who might be doing any judging. Perception is everything.

No offense but "the longer the better is a bit presumptuous.

Consider this comparison, and again, it depends on who judges.

Honesty should be a LAW, not a subjective choice.

To "steal" a candy bar, certainly doesn't hold the same gravity as stealing a car, or money from a bank, but it's still theft; still "wrong"

To Lie, and state, "UM, I dunno" is no less a guilt than to say, I "DIDN"T DO IT"

A lie by omission in some lesser degree, might be construed as a way to avoid hurting another, but I'm a firm believer in Karma, It gets us all, Good and Bad.

One more then I'll let you ponder another to give up 10 points to.

My Grandfather once quoted, "A lie is like trying to dig a hole in dry sand." It refills itself nearly constantly, and the effort is futile."

Besides that, the TRUTH need only be stated ONCE. A lie has to be repeated, is often embellished, and usually changes in each telling.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

A lie might be able to be justified but that doesn't make it "right"; I justify the lie on other grounds, not moral rightness. If I lie because I don't want to hurt someone's feelings, my motives are pure, but the means are not. Some moralists argue that moral actions are the ones we should be able to universalize.

Answer 3

Absolutely! A NAZI comes a knocking, "any Jews?" Obviously, you're justified in lying to him to protect a man from a monster that's at war with reality. Stating the truth in the presence of lunes is NOT a higher value than preserving the life of another.

Answer 4

Yes. You can lie to a person who is seriously ill but fighting for her/his life. If they have hope they will make through but all the doctors were offering bleak diagonosis. And the friend/person you know turned to you for support, I would lie through and through giving hope. I place more importance on the strength and hope that I give them rather than panic them at that time. A person who is near death should leave in the most happy moments or with strength, not with panic.

Answer 5

This is an interesting question in the world of Situational Ethics.
Suppose someone (whom you know to be innocent) is hiding in
your house, and the bad guys ask you if you know the where-abouts
of this someone. You also know that they will shoot them on
sight. Do you speak the truth, and watch him die as an innocent? Or do you lie, saving his life ?
So is morality, good and evil, a human concept or... is everything
written in stone that we all should follow ?

Answer 6

ive always said that liars are cowards.

it is what it is so just fess up.

by lying, youre not only being false to the person and the situation. youre falsefying yourself as well.if you did it, you oughta own it. your actions, your words are an extension of the person you are.

lying is NEVER justified. everyone deserves the truth no matter what.this includes "little white lies" its better to just be honest, to just be true.

Answer 7

Volume does not indictate quality. You can lie to a lie, but not the truth. You will have to have a spiritual basis to understand the lie part. (hint: lie is evil)

Answer 8

Lying is always wrong, but I always have to lie about what I get people for Christmas so they don't know what I got them, which is wrong I guess but they end up pretty surprised sometimes!

Answer 9

Yes, on one condition that it's a white lie, that is, it does no one any harm. For example, you don't want your friends feel worried too much with your illness, you may say, "It's all right, I'm fine."

Answer 10

The longer the answer the better? This is some sort of essay topic, isn't it? Why can't you kids think on your own?