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Does hiding a truth constitute lying?
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I am expected to tell the truth if asked. But sometimes I hide the truth. For example once , although I have diabetes, I ate sweet in a shop and then I withdrew money from atm. My wife called me and asked me what am I doing outside ? I said I am withdrawing money from ATM. I deliberately did not tell her that I primarily came out to eat sweets.
If a person hides a truth for his profit then does it constitute lying ?
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I am expected to tell the truth if asked. But sometimes I hide the truth. For example once , although I have diabetes, I ate sweet in a shop and then I withdrew money from atm. My wife called me and asked me what am I doing outside ? I said I am withdrawing money from ATM. I deliberately did not tell her that I primarily came out to eat sweets.
If a person hides a truth for his profit then does it constitute lying ?
ethics
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Dheeraj Verma
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I am expected to tell the truth if asked. But sometimes I hide the truth. For example once , although I have diabetes, I ate sweet in a shop and then I withdrew money from atm. My wife called me and asked me what am I doing outside ? I said I am withdrawing money from ATM. I deliberately did not tell her that I primarily came out to eat sweets.
If a person hides a truth for his profit then does it constitute lying ?
ethics
asked 5 hours ago
Dheeraj Verma
508412
I am expected to tell the truth if asked. But sometimes I hide the truth. For example once , although I have diabetes, I ate sweet in a shop and then I withdrew money from atm. My wife called me and asked me what am I doing outside ? I said I am withdrawing money from ATM. I deliberately did not tell her that I primarily came out to eat sweets.
If a person hides a truth for his profit then does it constitute lying ?
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Dheeraj Verma
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Since that was to your wife it was equivalent you saying a lie. But it wouldn't be so if that was to a person who has no responsibility in maintaining your health.
You may compare this with an incident in the Mahabharatha: Aswathama Hatha. Though it was a part of maintainance of Dharma, it was for cheating and so it was a lie.
https://mounica1398.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/the-fall-of-drona-aswathama-hatha-iti-narova-kunjarova/
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Lying is a communication intended to deceive or mislead. Lies of omission, and of misdirection, are lies.
The best analysis of lying I have seen was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all.
answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
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It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
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If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
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It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
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From "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, part 1 chapter 3 "The Interrogation" (bracketed clarifications added):
N. Stolyarova recalls an old woman who was her neighbor on the Butyrki bunks [in lockup] in 1937. They kept on interrogating her every night. Two years earlier, a former Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church, [equiv to a bishop or perhaps archbishop] who had escaped from exile, had spent a night at her home on his way through Moscow.
LADY: "But he wasn't the former Metropolitan, he was the Metropolitan! Truly I was worthy of receiving him."
INTERROGATOR: "All right then. To whom did he go when he left Moscow?"
LADY: "I know, but I won't tell you!"
Did the old lady lie to the interrogators? Was she morally obligated to answer their question as it was stated? I believe that the answer to both questions is "no".
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Since that was to your wife it was equivalent you saying a lie. But it wouldn't be so if that was to a person who has no responsibility in maintaining your health.
You may compare this with an incident in the Mahabharatha: Aswathama Hatha. Though it was a part of maintainance of Dharma, it was for cheating and so it was a lie.
https://mounica1398.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/the-fall-of-drona-aswathama-hatha-iti-narova-kunjarova/
answered 4 hours ago
SonOfThought
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Since that was to your wife it was equivalent you saying a lie. But it wouldn't be so if that was to a person who has no responsibility in maintaining your health.
You may compare this with an incident in the Mahabharatha: Aswathama Hatha. Though it was a part of maintainance of Dharma, it was for cheating and so it was a lie.
https://mounica1398.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/the-fall-of-drona-aswathama-hatha-iti-narova-kunjarova/
answered 4 hours ago
SonOfThought
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Since that was to your wife it was equivalent you saying a lie. But it wouldn't be so if that was to a person who has no responsibility in maintaining your health.
You may compare this with an incident in the Mahabharatha: Aswathama Hatha. Though it was a part of maintainance of Dharma, it was for cheating and so it was a lie.
https://mounica1398.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/the-fall-of-drona-aswathama-hatha-iti-narova-kunjarova/
answered 4 hours ago
SonOfThought
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Since that was to your wife it was equivalent you saying a lie. But it wouldn't be so if that was to a person who has no responsibility in maintaining your health.
You may compare this with an incident in the Mahabharatha: Aswathama Hatha. Though it was a part of maintainance of Dharma, it was for cheating and so it was a lie.
https://mounica1398.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/the-fall-of-drona-aswathama-hatha-iti-narova-kunjarova/
answered 4 hours ago
SonOfThought
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SonOfThought
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SonOfThought
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answered 4 hours ago
SonOfThought
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Lying is a communication intended to deceive or mislead. Lies of omission, and of misdirection, are lies.
The best analysis of lying I have seen was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all.
answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
45727
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It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
1
If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
1
It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
– Philip Klöcking♦
1 hour ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
Lying is a communication intended to deceive or mislead. Lies of omission, and of misdirection, are lies.
The best analysis of lying I have seen was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all.
answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
45727
1
It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
1
If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
1
It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
– Philip Klöcking♦
1 hour ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Lying is a communication intended to deceive or mislead. Lies of omission, and of misdirection, are lies.
The best analysis of lying I have seen was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all.
answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
45727
Lying is a communication intended to deceive or mislead. Lies of omission, and of misdirection, are lies.
The best analysis of lying I have seen was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all.
answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
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answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
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answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
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answered 5 hours ago
Dcleve
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It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
1
If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
1
It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
– Philip Klöcking♦
1 hour ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
1
It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
1
If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
1
It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
– Philip Klöcking♦
1 hour ago
1
1
It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
It might be good to add references. This strengthens the answer and provides the reader a place to go for more information. However, I do agree with your answer.
– Frank Hubeny
4 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
Agreed -- but this is not a conclusion I have drawn based on reading or references, it is simply a life experience -- IE the sort of wisdom that is philosophizing.
– Dcleve
3 hours ago
1
1
If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
If that is the case then this answer doesn't fall under the guidelines of how to write a good answer and is merely a comment.
– Not_Here
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
So we can't provide reasoned answers, but must only cite the reasoning of others? The best analysis of lying I recall seeing was from libertarian thought, and it treated lying as a degradation of the common currency of communication we all need to access the world and society, hence all miscommunication of any kind was harmful to all. This was decades ago. I can try to find an online reference.
– Dcleve
1 hour ago
1
1
It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
– Philip Klöcking♦
1 hour ago
It does not even have to be referenced all the time and especially not in academic style. But it does not hurt if some namedropping is involved either. The main problem with this answer is that one-liners are generally discouraged. Even if you only had added the last comment as part of the answer, it would have improved it a lot.
– Philip Klöcking♦
1 hour ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
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From "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, part 1 chapter 3 "The Interrogation" (bracketed clarifications added):
N. Stolyarova recalls an old woman who was her neighbor on the Butyrki bunks [in lockup] in 1937. They kept on interrogating her every night. Two years earlier, a former Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church, [equiv to a bishop or perhaps archbishop] who had escaped from exile, had spent a night at her home on his way through Moscow.
LADY: "But he wasn't the former Metropolitan, he was the Metropolitan! Truly I was worthy of receiving him."
INTERROGATOR: "All right then. To whom did he go when he left Moscow?"
LADY: "I know, but I won't tell you!"
Did the old lady lie to the interrogators? Was she morally obligated to answer their question as it was stated? I believe that the answer to both questions is "no".
answered 14 mins ago
elliot svensson
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From "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, part 1 chapter 3 "The Interrogation" (bracketed clarifications added):
N. Stolyarova recalls an old woman who was her neighbor on the Butyrki bunks [in lockup] in 1937. They kept on interrogating her every night. Two years earlier, a former Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church, [equiv to a bishop or perhaps archbishop] who had escaped from exile, had spent a night at her home on his way through Moscow.
LADY: "But he wasn't the former Metropolitan, he was the Metropolitan! Truly I was worthy of receiving him."
INTERROGATOR: "All right then. To whom did he go when he left Moscow?"
LADY: "I know, but I won't tell you!"
Did the old lady lie to the interrogators? Was she morally obligated to answer their question as it was stated? I believe that the answer to both questions is "no".
answered 14 mins ago
elliot svensson
2,51718
add a comment |Â
up vote
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up vote
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From "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, part 1 chapter 3 "The Interrogation" (bracketed clarifications added):
N. Stolyarova recalls an old woman who was her neighbor on the Butyrki bunks [in lockup] in 1937. They kept on interrogating her every night. Two years earlier, a former Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church, [equiv to a bishop or perhaps archbishop] who had escaped from exile, had spent a night at her home on his way through Moscow.
LADY: "But he wasn't the former Metropolitan, he was the Metropolitan! Truly I was worthy of receiving him."
INTERROGATOR: "All right then. To whom did he go when he left Moscow?"
LADY: "I know, but I won't tell you!"
Did the old lady lie to the interrogators? Was she morally obligated to answer their question as it was stated? I believe that the answer to both questions is "no".
answered 14 mins ago
elliot svensson
2,51718
From "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, part 1 chapter 3 "The Interrogation" (bracketed clarifications added):
N. Stolyarova recalls an old woman who was her neighbor on the Butyrki bunks [in lockup] in 1937. They kept on interrogating her every night. Two years earlier, a former Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church, [equiv to a bishop or perhaps archbishop] who had escaped from exile, had spent a night at her home on his way through Moscow.
LADY: "But he wasn't the former Metropolitan, he was the Metropolitan! Truly I was worthy of receiving him."
INTERROGATOR: "All right then. To whom did he go when he left Moscow?"
LADY: "I know, but I won't tell you!"
Did the old lady lie to the interrogators? Was she morally obligated to answer their question as it was stated? I believe that the answer to both questions is "no".
answered 14 mins ago
elliot svensson
2,51718
answered 14 mins ago
elliot svensson
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answered 14 mins ago
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