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Honesty?

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SulkingSableye

Hmm....
Do you think that it's pratical to be honest?

Whether it's in school, work, buisness, ect. - Is honesty the best policy? Or is lying needed sometimes for the best result? What's your opinion and why?
 
I find you always end up in less trouble overall if you're honest. Besides, it's better to be known for your honesty than for being deceitful.
 
Honesty IS the best policy, unless someone is asking you whether you like their hair, and you dont like it.
 
Honesty on the whole is better, but you do need to be wary of sweeping proclamations or blanket statements - of course there are situations in which lying is necessary.
 
In my point of view, that's one of the world's most difficult questions.

If you believe in Religion: Honesty is always expected from God. If you lie, that would come as a sin, and would possibly used as karma against you (depending on the severity of the lie)

If you are an Atheist: Then lie, tell the truth, whatever. You can get away with certain things

In a combination of these two forces, you just make a mortal man who makes mistakes and does things for his own good at certain times.
 
I sugar coat and such when necessary. I don't like to tell lies larger than those. I don't mind if people do the same to me. I know that people have probably lied to me before, it is something we all do. Just not all the time or big lies or anything like that.
 
Falcario97 said:
In my point of view, that's one of the world's most difficult questions.

If you believe in Religion: Honesty is always expected from God. If you lie, that would come as a sin, and would possibly used as karma against you (depending on the severity of the lie)

If you are an Atheist: Then lie, tell the truth, whatever. You can get away with certain things

In a combination of these two forces, you just make a mortal man who makes mistakes and does things for his own good at certain times.
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The idea that atheists lie more than religious people, or the idea that atheism justifies lying any more than religious thought, is completely ridiculous. Morality is hard-coded into us as a social species, it has nothing to do with religion.

Here's a sample of secular thought on morality, which is actually much MORE moral than religious morality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aCRHjH6d4Q
 
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I prefer to be honest in everything and with everyone.
 
I lie all the time and it saves my ass from trouble or sometimes just avoid getting into conversations I don't want to have, and it very rarely comes back around to bite me in the ass. Lying gets a bad rap unfairly.
 
I prefer to be honest, but I don't have a problem with lying if it will benefit me.
 
Of course. Then again, we have to lie since we are human and we cannot resist to do that but we have to be honest especially now in a world where people abuse their freedom and think what they're doing is right when in fact, it's wrong. On my case, I lie a lot yes but I'm only human and I tell the truth when I need to. Eventually, the truth will come out. It can never be hidden.
 
I am almost always honest, but I sometimes sugercoat things. I am honest when I get in trouble, because if you lie and people find out, you get in trouble for lying AND whatever you did, AND people won't trust you.
 
Agree with most people here, honesty is generally the best policy unless you're going to hurt someone's feelings or ruin something. Don't be brutally honest where it's not necessary
 
Ice Blue Dragon said:
Good honesty will give you good integrity.

If you lie everyday, no one will trust you. Not the little lies like, "You look good," but the big lies such as, stealing someone's work
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Exactly my point of view.

I don't lie when I can avoid it, but I do those positive lies like "Nice work!" or "You look smashing!" mostly, and only do those big lies when in a really bad situation.

So...I'm 95% honest most of the time ^^
 
Everyone lies, like it or not. Trick is finding a balance in between that it's not constantly done. I prefer being honest 100% of the time and as incredibly difficult as it is, it's just not obtainable in my opinion.

There'll always be that hidden voice in the back of peoples' heads.
 
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