Hi everyone, I’ve copied the following from one of my other threads that I posted somewhere else but didn’t get many answers:
Hi. So is it ever ok or good to lie? Let’s say that example where you are a German in Germany in a second world war and you are hiding Jews from nazis and the German soldiers come asking have you seen any Jews and you lie and say no in order to protect them from murder. Was that lie a good deed or bad deed?
Is it ok or good for police to lie when investigating? Police prevent a lots of serious crimes all the time and most of their work is based on deception for good purposes.
Is it ok for soldiers to deceive in order to defend the country. Is it ok for them to sneak up on enemy and spy and cary out secret attacks? How about camouflage?
Is it ok for us to lie in order to save ourselves from unjust treatment?
So basically my question is: Can it ever be said that lie is ok? or can it be ever said that lie is good?
Thanks
Hi. So is it ever ok or good to lie? Let’s say that example where you are a German in Germany in a second world war and you are hiding Jews from nazis and the German soldiers come asking have you seen any Jews and you lie and say no in order to protect them from murder. Was that lie a good deed or bad deed?
Is it ok or good for police to lie when investigating? Police prevent a lots of serious crimes all the time and most of their work is based on deception for good purposes.
Is it ok for soldiers to deceive in order to defend the country. Is it ok for them to sneak up on enemy and spy and cary out secret attacks? How about camouflage?
Is it ok for us to lie in order to save ourselves from unjust treatment?
So basically my question is: Can it ever be said that lie is ok? or can it be ever said that lie is good?
Thanks