if your answer has "depends on how much" then you will not get best answer.
2007-12-01 04:05:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
*cough* NO... that's not what life's about. i'd much rather live the right way and be poor. that would be GREEDY and DISGUSTING.
2007-12-01 04:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by Marie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have yet to meet anyone, including myself, who does not have a small amount of lie for profit. Like everything, it does depend on the definition of a lie.
If you dye your hair then that is a little lie, for some kind of advantage.
If in conversation you try and show only your strong points and not your weaker characteristics it is a little lie, in exchange for some kind of social profit.
If however you mean in exchange for actual money, then still most of us are guilty of this. Advertising something to convince others they need it when clearly they could get along perfectly well without it is a little lie for profit.
But really your question seems to be about a whole life of lies - now that would take enormous effort and skill, even if it were not noble. Should that enormous effort be rewarded? - usually enormous effort is rewarded in some way.
For me, I would need to know your example before I would sanctimoniously say no to your question. It would also depend on my financial need at the time. To steal something to sell for food for my hungry child would seem noble to me, but to cheat an old couple out of their savings, however meagre, would seem to be a base act. I don't think I can answer in black and white.
2007-12-01 12:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, noway because if you were to lie in one area of your life then you will lie in other areas and you will be out of integrity if you are dishonest. I've gone from rags to riches and back again so I know first hand what worth is really all about and it
isn't money.
2007-12-01 13:41:21 · answer #3 · answered by April First 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My principles are worth more than that. What is money, but a means to happiness? But what happiness can there be, with the knowledge that I've betrayed my own principles?
2007-12-01 13:36:36 · answer #4 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! I care to much about being true to myself to sell my soul for a little money.
2007-12-01 16:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Nepetarias 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tried that. There is not that much money in the world.
Love and blessings Don
2007-12-01 12:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely
there are no mystical rewards for "good" living, as long as nobody is being hurt (my own requirements) lies are just fine with me.
2007-12-01 12:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Integrity is the one thing that money cannot buy:)
2007-12-01 12:14:43 · answer #8 · answered by VGpugs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how muchdepends on how much
2007-12-01 14:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋