Lying and it's opposite.
To the extent of making someone feel ok about themselves, it's good.
When someone is rude and asks if they are or not, it is not okay to lie, as an example. (In my opinion.)
I suppose the way I see it is, if lying to someone makes them a better person, then it's okay.
If lying to a person with holds any positive growth from them, then shame towards you.
I am a blunt person though, I have lied. I know this is so and admit it but it is usually my last resort as an option.
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How would lying to someone make him or her a better person?
ReplyDelete"No, really, you're GREAT at playing violin. Yeah, my ears always bleed like that -- it's just a condition I have. Of course you should keep practicing!"
Or maybe: "I'm sure you can break that drug addiction you've had for the last twenty years. I believe in you." If that statement is a lie, and you don't think the person can manage to break the addiction -- how have you helped?
Can you think of an example of a positive lie?
By the way, did you mean "kniving" as in "one who wields knives," or were you going for "conniving" there?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about how to spell it and when I googled it, it just said "kniving", haha... I did indeed mean "conniving" so thank you for the catch.
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