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Barbarian asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

Is is right to Lie?

This includdes white lies and any other colour. Simply to avoid the truth by any means is a lie.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It is only right to lie in bed.

  • 1 decade ago

    It depends upon the question and who is giving it.

    If your 2 year old makes a drawing with a bunch of scribbles on it and says it's a picture of you, then asks you what you think, what are you going to say? You're going to say it's wonderful and it looks just like you.

    If a stranger enters your house and asks where your kids are, are you going to tell him? Of course not.

    There are hundreds of reasons when you should lie.

    Sometimes lying is the right thing to do.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nonsense, okay. One time my mother had this dopey looking wig that she was so proud of and really loved. She asked me how she looked in it and I lied through my teeth and told her it looked fine. I loved my mother and would not have hurt her just because I thought her wig was dopey. It is kinder and more considerate to lie sometime. And sometime the truth is over-rated.

  • kiwi
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Is it right? If someone has just gotten their hair cut into a new style and asks me if I like it? I'd think it kinder to say it's nice. That person has already had it cut, and has to live with it for a while.

    But, big lies are hard to live with.

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  • 1 decade ago

    there are postive and negative in lying. Sometime we tell lies to protect ourselves or our closest , i see that as psotive depending on the nature of the lies.

    But the most terible side of lying is when you actually know that something is no so and continue to lie to put someone in danger. I see that as negative and evil.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, it's definitely not right to lie. But sometimes you just can't help it, and sometimes, when you lie, you succeed. It's just the way it is. O_o

  • 1 decade ago

    If its to save someones feelings (or to my husband about how much money I have spent when shopping!!!) its fine but if its to con someone or to cover for an illegal act then no its not.

  • 1 decade ago

    Lieing is not right.It is only right when it is done for a good thing.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    if its not something sombody is selling, and you can do it on your own, and you came up with the idea and understood it on your own, then why and how could it be bad unless it means you are a bad person

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