2007-12-09 03:51:14 · 4 answers · asked by Madi S 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
An excellent but far reaching question which can't be answered thoroughly in a few sentences. I'll deal with honesty in regard to human relationships. I think honesty is crucial in relationships and as a matter of fact is actually the very foundation of every human relationship. If someone is honest with me over a period of time, whether it be a parent, spouse, child, neighbor, friend, co-worker, cashier at the bank, etc, etc., I then know I can reasonably trust them at least to some degree. If I know someone is dishonest, not only will I not trust them in the future, but it will stifle if not completely destroy communication which is a basic necessity in any relationship. Dishonesty destroys intimacy in a marriage and therefore does great damage to the relationship. I've seen it destroy friendships and family relationships too many times. Sometimes being honest costs you something and that cost can sometimes be high, but look at the potential cost of dishonesty....I think it is much higher. A child may want a parent to trust them. What's the best way to accomplish that? BE HONEST time after time and then they won't have a reason not to trust. Be dishonest even once and the distrust is not only deserved but may have very long lasting consequences.
Realistically I don't believe anyone is 100% honest all the time, but there is a huge difference between an occasional slipup in a moment of weakness and an ongoing practice of deception.
Most of the time, liars are exposed as such in the long run.
Truth seems to win out in the end much of the time.
2007-12-09 07:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by politicallyincorrect 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The importance of honesty is to be completly open with the other, regardless of what your saying that can maybe have an effect on the person.
2007-12-09 13:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by pulse. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our human capacity for self deception is so powerful that, if we let go of self honesty, we can go off and live in a world in which we more and more see things that we want to see.
"still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" (from The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel)
The only antidote is brutal self honesty and some friend who is as equally brutally honest.
2007-12-09 14:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your face
2014-09-22 17:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by Adrian 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋