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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. ... Our society clearly has double standards about lying. ...
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. ... Kant therefore argued that lying is disrespectful of an individual and their rights as an autonomous being. Lying is exploitation, using people who have their own ends, as means to ours.
Another argument for lying being wrong is put forward by Kant in the form of his universal maxims theory. ... Since I do not like being lied to, in lying I have acted as if there were two classes of humans: myself, with the right to lie, and everyone else who I believe should not lye as this would be unfair to me.#
For someone who believes that God is the foundation of morality, lying is a sin. ...
It is clear why we believe lying is wrong and the afore mentioned reasons leave little room for us to justify lying.
However, someone with utilitarian beliefs would be able to have an easy conscience lying in many situations.
Approximate Word count = 1022
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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