Lying

Lying

Kinds of Lying + Reasons:
● White lies – To protect somebody
- To be noble (not to harm somebody’s feelings)
- Excuses: being late (small lies/minor matters)
- Lying to children about Santa Claus (but some children can take it very bad)
- Placebo Effect (lying in people’s best interest)

● Bad lies – To protect/benefit ourselves (badly)
- Covering something bad up (e.g. infidelity)
- Political lying; propaganda, commercials
- Lying to manipulate with people
- Lying for fun
- Lying to seem to be a better person (the liar is for instance a murderer)
- Perjury

● Lying as a syndrome/illness (e.g. A British man, Sean Hodgson, ended up behind the bars in spite of being innocent. He is said to be a pathological liar.)


Is good to be able to lie?
In my opinion is good to have the opportunity to make your choice between lying and telling the truth because your choices create your personality.

More info: http://diskuse.doktorka.cz/lhani/
http://www.novinky.cz/zahranici/evropa/164227-brit-stravil-27-let-ve-vezeni-kvuli-omylu-laboratore-a-lhani.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/18/prisoner-hodgson-murder-quashed-miscarriage