When Lying Is the Ethical Thing to Do, And When There Is Too Much of It
| dc.contributor.author | Folland, Sherman T. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Cole, Natalie B. | |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 2010s | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-13T17:57:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-13T17:57:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mark Twain had little patience for purists who insisted that the slightest lie was an offense to God and would send you straight to Hell. Part I of this column relates the cautionary example of a Twain short story and adds two more examples, all designed to persuade doubters that lying provides important social benefits. Telling a lie often is the ethical thing to do. Part II considers socially unbeneficial lies and how much to tolerate them. Look into this part also for a sampling of the surprising research on the benefits of trust. The moral of the story, I think, is this: some dishonesty is good for us, while some bad dishonesty must be tolerated,but that is much less now that we know the importance of trust. Trust is uncanny. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Folland, Sherman T. "When Lying Is the Ethical Thing to Do, And When There Is Too Much of It" Oakland Journal 18. (2010). 5-13 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1529-4005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10323/7871 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oakland University | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oakland Journal Number 18: Winter 2010 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright held by Oakland University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lying | en_US |
| dc.subject | Trust | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethics | en_US |
| dc.title | When Lying Is the Ethical Thing to Do, And When There Is Too Much of It | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |