Can lying ever be justified
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Can lying ever be justified?
For as long as I can remember I have been told emphatically by my parents, teachers and the media that lying is wrong. I also remember until an embarrassingly old age being deceived by the same group of people into believing Santa Clause flew around the world using reindeer, climbed down my chimney and put presents in my stocking. I hated being lied to. I also told lies on a daily basis. Our society clearly has double standards about lying. But how do we justify this and is our logic correct?
Firstly, I would like to consider why we judge lying to be morally wrong. In lying one is deliberately deceiving someone into believing something is true when it is not. This robs people of the ability to navigate their way through life in the way they would want...