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    Lie Detectors

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    changes in physiological processes such as heartbeat‚ blood pressure‚ respiration and electrical resistance (galvanic skin response or GSR). The polygraph is used as a lie detector by police departments‚ the FBI‚ the CIA‚ federal and state governments‚ and numerous private agencies. The underlying theory of the polygraph is that when people lie they also get measurably nervous about lying. The heartbeat increases‚ blood pressure goes up‚ breathing rhythms change‚ perspiration increases‚ etc. A baseline

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    Is It Right To Lie

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    Is It Right to Lie? "If you continue in my word‚ then you are truly disciples of mine; and you will know the truth‚ and the truth will make you free‚” (John 8:32). When you are able to just tell the truth a huge burden will be lifted off your shoulders‚ and make your life a whole lot easier rather than a complete mess. Seen through Kant’s eyes‚ when you’re truthful‚ not a lot of situations will be difficult for you‚ but once you become that deceiving and lying type of person‚ you often will have

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    Forced To Lie

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    According to the western dictionary‚ a lie is to make an untrue statement with the intent of deceiving (Lie‚ n.d.). The Army unconsciously self-created an environment that forces the majority of the Soldiers to lie. Since leaders of all levels expect their subordinates to comply with ridiculous amounts of mandatory training requirements‚ the reality is that it is nearly impossible to do it and it is mainly because of the lack of time. This will push any Soldier to use creative thinking to complete

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    The Untold Lie

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    essence. Writer’s often stratigize realism in their work so visualization and relation is in grasp by their readers. The use of heavy description and dialogue accomplishes the sense of realism. "The Untold Lie‚" by Sherwood Anderson‚ displays the art of realism. While Anderson wrote "The Untold Lie" in the early 1900s‚ his character Windpeter Winter shows the same charateristics as men in society today. Every man loves action‚ Old Windpeters death was very intense‚ "He got drunk one evening in town

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    Everybody Lies

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    in her essay "The Ways We Lie" while Mr. Langston Hughes tells us his testimony about a lie that affected his feelings when he was young. In deed there are a several types of lies. Here are a couple like "The white lie that doesn’t hurt someone‚ lies by Omission that omits an important fact‚ deliberately leaving another person with a misconception and the Groupthink lie that could lead to serious consequences. One of the most common lies is "The White Lie". According to Stephanie Ericsson

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    Why do people lie? Why do some people seem to NOT be able to tell the truth even when the truth is clearly obvious or evident? What makes a person tell lies instead of the truth? Liars eventually get caught in their tangled web of lies and deceitfulness. Lying hurts the liar and those who are subjected to the lies of the liar. Lying hurts relationships and it makes the liar untrustworthy. A liar violates the trust others may have had in them when they are caught in their lies. Liars seem to

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    want to lie because it’s bad‚ but in times it’s ok to tell a white lie right? So‚ when is lying ok? Always‚ sometimes‚ or never In my opinion lying is sometimes good. You ask why‚ I believe that there are some times ok to tell a lie‚ but some people lie too much that in the future no-one believes them. It’s good to lie when you’re in a situation of your little brother or sister are trying to play video games so you tell them that your system broke or the computer. It’s easier to tell a lie than

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    people have a duty to not lie no matter the reason‚ like to protect people from emotional pain. Kant believes that there are no excuses for lying‚ except I believe lying is ok to protect someone from death. In addition‚ “a lie‚ even if it does not wrong any individual‚ always harms mankind individually.”(Bok‚4) Lying hurts the morality of mankind because it makes

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    ESSAY Cause Effect Lying

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    OUTLINE I. Introduction A. Ask Yourself Some Questions B. Possible Reasons for Lies C. Are There Consequences? II. Topic Sentence A. What is a Lie? B. Reasons Why People Lie C. Is There Any Touble With It? III. Topic Sentence A. What are the advantages of Lying? B. What are the disadvantages of Lying? C. Lying to Impress IV. Topic

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    Lies are told around the world multiple times during the day. Everyone sitting in this room has probably once today‚ said a lie. Sometimes lying is understandable for someone’s protection but sometimes the truth is essential to the person. There are multiple things people say in a day that are seen as lies such as “That outfit looks really good on you!‚” “It wasn’t me!” and “I’ll be with you in a few minutes.” Honestly is not always the best policy because in the end it does not make everything

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