The Ways We Lie In the essay‚ "The Ways We Lie‚” the author‚ Stephanie Ericsson‚ tells about the many ways people lie and explains the reasons for doing so. In her essay‚ she talks about ten specific ways of lying that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. First is “the white lie‚” which is basically telling a harmless lie instead of the truth‚ if the truth is destructive. She writes‚ “Telling a friend he looks great when he looks like hell can be based in a decision that the friends needs
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agenda’s‚ truth is sometimes ignored or becomes irrelevant. The question is if truth has become so twisted that it doesn’t really exist in its original meaning anymore? If truth has been lost there must be a substitute‚ this is where post-truth originated. Post-truth is when decisions are based upon emotions rather than facts‚ this is dangerous because each person feels a different way and therefore can justify melding a subject to fit their own liking. Post-truth has caused all truths to be called
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Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth. The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations. Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth. Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality
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Truth is Truth‚ Lying is Lying Judith Viorst describes in her essay “The Truth about Lying‚” a very interesting and intellectual composition. The author has made a great exertion to try to present four different kinds of lies people tell in their daily life. She has separated them into four sub-groups: Social Lies‚ Peace-Keeping Lies‚ and Protective Lies‚ and Trust-Keeping Lies‚ and uses headings to separate them. She has used a lot of different techniques to convey her message to the reader. Over
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small lie or a big lie‚ there is always some form of consequence to each and every fib. There are a few certain articles such as‚ “A Philosopher on Lying‚” by Immanuel Kant who also believe lying should not be tolerated in any way. Just like in the article I mentioned earlier‚ “A Philosopher on Lying‚” a German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ explains his point of view on lying. Every lie is dangerous; the size of the lie doesn’t matter. As Kant states in the article‚ “Don’t tell someone a lie‚ because
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Only a fully formed human being with a capacity for reason can understand the Noble Lie and be persuaded by it." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Yes‚ I agree with this statement in the sense that a reasonable human being should always work towards exploring his own mind as opposed to thinking through other people’s mind. For example‚ Thrasymachus justifies this statement when he says‚ “What folly. Socrates‚ has taken possession of you all? And why‚ sillybillies‚ do you knock under to
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Madi McClure 05/14/14 3rd Period Deception and Truth The Good In Deception Everyone characterizes deception differently. One may view it as breaking the trust of a loved one and think of it as a mere deceit. Others may accept deception as a way to gain or give happiness. Some may even think of it as part of life. More commonly‚ deception stands being viewed as hand and hand with “evil”‚ this includes‚ not only viewed by people‚ but also portrayed in movies and novels from all eras of time. Frequently
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he truth‚ or tring to avoid trouble‚ or may think the lie will be the better answer. Nice people will tell the ugly person "you are not ugly." When you lose a game‚ your friends will tell you "you are very good." Have uncountable numbers of lies are "white lie". They lie for not get hurt thelistenerfrom the truth. Many kind of lie in the world‚ it is in the every where of the world. Also lies have some kind are for self satisfy. Multiple purposes lie in the world. We should telling the truth‚ better
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People are not being honest with others‚ or with their self. In other words; they are lying. I am writing this paper to discuss the causes and effects on lying. Why do people lie? We all have our own reasons for not telling the truth at times. These are the main reasons why people lie: 1. Enhancing their reputation: People lie to make themselves seem better. They may want to impress their friend or their boyfriend/ girlfriend‚ but they are lying nonetheless. People may be exaggerating or lying about
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Emily Macal Narrative Essay 1 "We Lie Loudest When We Lie to Ouselves" We all know liars. The majority of us even become liars from time to time. Some people will tell a fib for just about anything. Maybe its to get themselves out of trouble‚ possibly to spare someone else hurt feelings‚ or simply because that is what one is used to doing. Unfortunately‚ I’ve told a lie to my parents and it didn’t turned out to not be such a good idea. I ended up with all my stuff being taken away‚ dealt with
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