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Why Is Lying Wrong

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Imagine if your best friend asks you does this shirt look good and you say yes but you think it’s ugly. We lie everyday even the people who say lying is unacceptable. Some of us can’t live without lying. So I firmly believe that lying is acceptable. Lying is justified when it can be used to protect and care for others. For example “Anne Frank survived as long as she did because those sheltering her and her family lied to the Nazis”. 1 If the people sheltering Anne and her family didn’t lie to the Nazis they probably would’ve torchered Anne Frank, her family, and the people sheltering them. They were hiding Anne Frank and her family because the nazis killed anybody and they torchered them. They hid them so the nazis wouldn’t do those things to them. In addition, “Harold Smith a pioneer in California lied to his adult daughter about his health when he was undergoing treatment for a kidney tumor because she might have got traumatized”.3 If Harold didn’t lie to his daughter she might have got …show more content…

“A third said it was okay to lie about being sick, cheating on taxes, or to a spouse about an extramarital affair” said NBC news.3 Lying to your boss and calling in sick can lead to life processing smooth because you of had a bad day at work and yelled at the customer and got fired. Lying to a spouse about an extramarital affair and that leads life to progress smoothly because they might believe you and you might have got in a fight with them. “Yes, but we should manipulate the truth.” said Brad Blanton.5 If you were hiding Anne Frank and her family in your house because their life's in danger and it’s up to you to protect them. You would have to lie if Anne is hiding in your attic so her and her family don’t die and since you lied you wouldn’t have to worry about the nazis going to your house. So lying is an acceptable form of communication as it allows life to progress

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