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    truth in the performance of their official duties‚ except for very few occasions:“a crisis where overwhelming harm can be averted only through deceit; complete harmlessness and triviality to the point where it seems absurd to quibble about whether a lie has been told; and the duty to particular individuals to protect their secrets.[1]” as Sissela Bok stated. In addition to national crisis‚ negligible trivialities and confidentiality‚ ongoing operation‚ government intention‚ details of murder/suicide

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    When a person tells a lie‚ they steal someone else’s right to the truth. Stephanie Ericsson in “The Ways We Lie” explains ten specific lies that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. The reading begins by the “The White Lie” being the most harmless lie. Then she describes “Out-and-Out Lies” being the worst lie because it ignores the truth to escape responsibility. Ericsson attempted to go an entire week without telling a lie to analyze how conversation would be if it were all honest

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    ENG-1104 - SUMMER 2010 MAY 27TH‚ 2010 How is Lying Beneficial? Lying is a crucial component of everyday life. Like it or not‚ lying is always going to be a part of life. The definition of lying is a known untruth expressed as a truth. A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement‚ especially with the intention to deceive others‚ often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation‚ protect someone’s feelings or to avoid a punishment or repercussion

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    The fact that her so called best friend would keep such a gargantuan secret from her is unbelievable. This makes Emily wonder why Millicent would even lie. She doesn’t know if she will ever be able to trust Millicent again. When Millicent lied‚ she risked losing a genuine friend who still would have been her friend even if she had told the truth. Millicent had become more and more comfortable with lying

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    After reading Stephanie Ericsson’s article titled “ The ways we lie” ‚ I chose to write about delusion. In Ericsson’s article she said that delusion is closely related to other forms of lying such as dismissal ‚ omission ‚ and amnesia. It is a form of protecting yourself from facts that you don’t want to face. Instead of taking a good look at yourself and being totally honest with yourself ‚ you allow logic to go out the window and make up excuses for your actions. You may truly believe what you

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    and before once can realize it‚ they could be living their lives in a lie. The character Jack‚ also known as “Ernest” creates a lie about himself in the Importance of Being Earnest that ultimately causes there to be chaos. While Jack chooses to continue his lie‚ it results in others to lie‚ and he causes people to change how they view him. When one person deciders to take the path of secrecy‚ it will consume

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    The Way We Lie Megan Boatman 4 December 2011 Teacher D.W. The Ways We Lie Stephanie Ericsson author of “The Ways We Lie” was born in 1953 and was raised in San Francisco. The essay “The Way We Lie” was first published in the Utne Reader. Her husband Jim died in 1988 and due to that she kept a journal and later turned it in to a book called “Companion Through the Darkness‚ Inner Dialogues on Grief”. Her other works include ShameFaced (Hazelden Publications)‚ that is used for the last 25 years

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    Persuasive on why people lie People tell a considerable number of lies in everyday conversation. It has always puzzled me why people would lie right to your face. A lie is a terrible thing and I always wanted to know why people would do it‚ and now I know why. It’s usually that they are afraid to tell the truth thinking that if they lie they can get away with something. It is not hard to figure out that if one is bigger than the lie‚ he or she won’t tell one. People who are like that are not afraid

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    “Better a lie that soothes ‚ than a truth that hurts.” The quote “better a lie that soothes‚ than a truth that hurts” means that it’s better to lie rather than to tell the cold hearted truth. I disagree because if you lie then when the time comes to tell the truth the lies will hurt way more than what it would have been before. Lying only leads to more lying. If you lie once and someone calls you out on that lie then you have to create a bigger lie. You have to adapt to that lie and understand

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    Have you ever told a lie? Why is it so easy to lie in some situations? Nearly everyone has been guilty of telling a lie in some way or another. Stephanie Ericsson‚ the author of‚ “The Ways we Lie” has shed some light on different ways of lying. This article is most intriguing because it is of a subject matter that is not really discussed. Stephanie Ericsson wrote this article to bring out that there are different ways of lying. Not just the typical lies and white lies that everyone thinks about

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