Lying As A Role Model

Role Model One person I have always looked up to in my life is my older brother for his constant persistence in handling adversity. Constantly, my brother has been assaulted and beaten down by some of the harshest difficulties that life has thrown in his face, but constantly he has gotten back up and persevered. Most of the challenges he has overcome have been physical, but it all started with his persistent mentality. My brother and I have been extremely close all of our lives and that is mainly the result of being the only siblings in our family along with being only fifteen months apart in age. All throughout middle school, my brother set a great example in his academic work and his relationships with teachers. In hindsight, it almost
Not many people consider the sacrifice that comes with lying in certain situations. Turning back the hands of time, people have lied countless times throughout history to protect the lives of others. In the early-to-mid 19th century, close to one hundred thousand slaves escaped to the northern United States and Canada using the Underground Railroad. This act could never be accomplished without the assistance of abolitionists and allies that were supportive of freeing the slaves. These people would hide slaves and tend to them in their homes so that they would have a place to stay and hide while being searched for. If the authorities came to their door, they would simply lie and say nobody was hiding in their home to protect what they believed in. Lying employs people that strived to protect other’s human rights to act out and help these people. The unethicality of having or using slaves outweighs the unethicality of lying which is used to counter it. Another example of heroism that sits hand in hand with lying is seen about a century later in 1930’s Europe. During this period, the Nazi party of Germany was hunting any minorities or people that did not fit into their category of social standard. Much like the tendencies of moral, sympathetic bystanders in 19th century early America, people in Germany risked their lives by lying to protect the lives of those being searched for by the Nazis. Civilians would hide Jews, people of foreign ethnicities, and people that were against the Nazi party, in addition to others, in their homes during the cleansing of society in Eastern Europe in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Lying to public officials would save the lives of others in both situations in