Timeline for Is there a nation in the history who has valued hypocrisy?
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| Nov 16, 2023 at 18:38 | comment | added | Meanach | You are a rare breed. Some lies are more important than others. If answering the question "Are you a Jew?" with yes will result in death, then a lie is justified in the interest of survival. If answering the question "Do you like my haircut?" with no will result in hurt feelings, then a lie is justified in the interest of compassion. The first question is an invasion of privacy, so there is no obligation to give an honest answer. The second question is a matter of opinion, so there is no objective truth. Stating that people should tell the truth at all times is unrealistic and illiberal. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 18:18 | comment | added | user67675 | i don't lie @Meanach i cannot remember the last one, anyway, and not due to fatuousness. it debases every claim someone makes, and implies consent to being tricked if it is to be expected. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 15:44 | comment | added | Meanach | Yes. He who says that he is not a liar is a liar. Seriously, the ability to lie is an obvious survival trait. No honest human survived. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 15:38 | comment | added | CriglCragl | @Meanach: Tell me the bitter truth? We are all rascals. Tell me the sweet lie? We wish we weren't. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 14:31 | comment | added | Meanach | Radical honesty would be the admission that dishonesty is ubiquitous. | |
| Jun 7, 2022 at 21:38 | comment | added | Nikos M. | Kant·s thesis is close to my heart. I have not found a case so far where approaches other than deception cannot achieve same or better results (assuming good results) | |
| Jun 7, 2022 at 20:35 | comment | added | CriglCragl | @NikosM.: As in, lying is never moral, like Kant? | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 22:45 | comment | added | Nikos M. | Some say a lie can be as grave as a murder, because it can be used to cover it up. In less grave cases then there is no reason anyway. I tend to agree with the stance of zero hypocrisy | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 18:19 | history | answered | CriglCragl | CC BY-SA 4.0 |