What is your opinion on lying? A lie of omission?

I'm glad you asked because I have had to work with my kids to help them to understand that the current belief that everyone has that everyone lies is true but false. In order to simplify it for them, I had to bring it down to yes, everyone lies, but not everyone tells mean and hateful lies. Not everyone lies to manipulate others to get what they want. I might tell a friend that I like her new hair color when I really don't, but I am not lying to hurt her. She's stuck with that color for six months or so and telling her it's awful would not be helpful.

Remember the Rule of "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid.

Lie by omission? I do it all of the time. Rather than have a confrontation, I will simply not mention it unless I am pinned down and forced to do so. If given a choice, I lie by omission all of the time. It's more peaceful that way.

Lies of omission are still bold faced lies.

When you lie to someone, it is your agenda to manipulate their beliefs, thereby manipulating their choices... and most of the time to suit your own vested interests.

Lying by omission is no different. The agenda is the same, your purpose is the same, the result is the same. Illusory free-will - your game is to give someone the impression their choices are their own in spite of the fact that you know full well ahead of time that, if they had all the information you have, they would likely make a different choice.

Its worse than blatant slavery - not only are you trying to control someone but you think its okay if they are unaware of it.

Lies are deceptions, as are all other types of deceptions. You cant just say "lies are wrong". They are wrong because deceptions in general are wrong. No matter the type, the reason, or what arbitrary English label you want to give it.

Lies and deceptions are all about manipulation, via controlling information that results in controlled beliefs about what is true and what is not true. Its about propagating false beliefs.

We all have a right to the truth. Most especially if that truth has a real impact on our decisions. When you have information that directly affects someones life, someones decisions... you are ETHICALLY OBLIGATED to inform them.

You are propagating falsities, false beliefs. You are on NO HIGHER a moral ground for allowing someone to believe a lie than you are for telling them the lie yourself. You participate in the same deception either way.

You choose to tell a lie in the same way you choose not to divulge a truth. Once you come into knowledge of something, you become a part of the system, a part of the equation. The liar via omission makes the same conscious choice the "regular" liar does - its your choice to act honorably and ethically and a liar does neither. By withholding a truth you are siding with the deceiver against the deceived.

Going around being malicious is a different story. OPINIONS dont need to be stated. FACTS do.

Straight and simple: lies of omission are still lies. The phrase "of omission" is a qualifier, an adjective that does nothing more than describe the type of lie. But its still a lie.

Whether or not the most outrageous examples (pyromaniac, Nazi raiders, what have you) justifies deception is a different story. Lies and deceptions are always wrong. Especially if you are serving your own vested interests. To protect the innocent, lies are still wrong, they are just a lesser evil.

For some reason people fail to realize that if they simply DO NOT DO the things they know they would lie about later, then neither would they feel the need to lie nor would they have to suffer consequences.

Even if you think you are saving someone form emotional pain, you are still making that decision for them... because you dont respect them enough to make the appropriate decisions themselves, you dont think they are mature enough to handle it. For example, I would totally tell someone if their mate is cheating on them. Why? Because if I dont then I am siding with the wrong-doer, the deceiver, against the person being wronged. And they will be hurt worse later when theyve invested more time, more emotion than they already had... and more so yet when they find out a friend knew all along and betrayed that trust. I am willing to put my friendships at risk for the sake of the friends interests, instead of sacrificing my friends interests for my own interest of maintaining the friendship. My friends dont have to believe me, and they dont have to make the decision I think they should... but at least I can say I did the right thing and hand the puck off to them. Its THEIR choice, not mine.

Maintaining peace at all costs is not only dishonorable, but its disrespectful, self-destructive, and just plain cowardly. If you are to help anyone, they need to know what is real from what isnt. First and foremost.

A lie of omission is still a lie. Even worse than just coming out and telling the truth to begin with.

If you lie, you cannot be trusted. Jobs, marriages, parent-child relationships ... crumble without trust.

An adult and an admirable person is one who is accountable for what they do. This means understanding that when you wrong someone, whether or not it was intentional, you are responsible for owning your actions and for making amends.

>My opinion is that its no good but human beings, what they are, do it anyway. All it does is serve a temporary purpose in order to avoid pain and consequences. Eventually though, that pain and consequences catches up to you anyway and you end up with it no matter what. Its better NOT to give an answer then to lie.

I feel one should not try to tell a lie while dreaming or in deep sleep. That is more than sufficient from philosophical point of view.

It's all situational. If a pyromaniac came to my house and wanted to burn it down, I'd probably lie and tell him that I didn't know where the matches were.

Sometimes white lies are considered good I think.In different situation,there are different views.