Essay On Why We Lie

In every living being we are given the ability to lie when something happens to us or other actions that fall upon. This ability can be useful when something unexpected happen and there is no choice but to lie. However, lying to cover up something that is harmful or important can have it's own consequences for that action alone. There have been many debates over whether or not lying is a justifiable action to take when something comes up. Some argue that lying is not the right action to take because your just prolonging the mistake that was made. While others believe that it is acceptable if it’s in the right circumstance. I believe that lying is acceptable because the things we do are own consequences and we have to keep it as are own burden.
As human beings it's common nature to avoid conflict when it arises. In the article, "The Evils of Technology" by Carolyn Foster, she states the excuses of how students avoid telling the truth about not turning the work in, "The computer wouldn't let me save my work."(457). This represents the excuse that students use to avoid the true incentive of not turning the work on time. This excuse is a commonly used one at time for work that are related to essay and research papers. I used this excuse once or twice in my lifetime because of two reasons, one so I can have little more time finishing the work and another was to avoid being labeled as a person who didn't finish. There is another reason why we hide the truth because we want to present ourselves in another form rather than our true self to meet the expectations that are needed. In the article, "Facades" by Stephanie Ericsson cites how someone hides who they are, "When I put on a suit to go see client, I feel as though I am putting on another face, obeying the expectation…"(473).This shows that one needs to lie about who they are so they can put an image of themselves to avoid who they really are. However by hiding the truth, one of two things can happen they loose the creditability or