Lying to deliberatly hurt someone or for personal gain is clearly wrong and I don't care for people who do that to me or others
But what about making a choice between hurting someone unnecessarily or making a less than truthful statement, at least from the perspective of the individual in the situation. Like I said above - if I don't like someone's new hair style I won't volunteer my opinion but if I'm asked I will respond that its nice. Technically that is a lie because that is not how I honestly feel about the hair style but to me that is the lesser evil than deliberatly hurting someone with a critical comment that serves no purpose.
Yes a lie is a lie but some are more signifcant than others and if anyone says that they NEVER lie then I would have to say that person is lying.
To me there are different degrees of untruths.
Lying to deliberatly hurt someone or for personal gain is clearly wrong and I don't care for people who do that to me or others
But what about making a choice between hurting someone unnecessarily or making a less than truthful statement, at least from the perspective of the individual in the situation. Like I said above - if I don't like someone's new hair style I won't volunteer my opinion but if I'm asked I will respond that its nice. Technically that is a lie because that is not how I honestly feel about the hair style but to me that is the lesser evil than deliberatly hurting someone with a critical comment that serves no purpose.
Yes a lie is a lie but some are more signifcant than others and if anyone says that they NEVER lie then I would have to say that person is lying.