Essays Tagged: "Lie"

A Good Lie

What determines the size of lies? If lies are those concern matters of small consequence, are told to just a few people, are exc ... on other situations, such as if the truth would hurt someone's feeling or insult them. Normally, I lie to avoid something bad that will hurt someone or make other people in trouble.I teach my kids ea ... will hurt someone or make other people in trouble.I teach my kids early in elementary school not to lie, but sometimes it is necessary for them to lie. For instance, I used to tell my kids that if s s ...

(2 pages) 262 6 3.2 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

What is better to have to offer a friend....honesty or loyalty? which do you prefer or believe is the best?

ay the car was a real person, it would want one to be loyal and wash it by them self, or should one lie and give that guy the cash?If one was in a situation to be loyal to a friend, or lie for him so ... kes that one will probably not like in about three months.One can ruin the trust with others if one lies about something. It took time to build their relationship with each other and to just let it go ...

(3 pages) 77 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Essay on why people lie. Its a persuasive essay.

Persuasive on why people liePeople tell a considerable number of lies in everyday conversation. It has always puzzled me why ... l a considerable number of lies in everyday conversation. It has always puzzled me why people would lie right to your face. A lie is a terrible thing and I always wanted to know why people would do it ... o it, and now I know why. It's usually that they are afraid to tell the truth thinking that if they lie they can get away with something. It is not hard to figure out that if one is bigger than the li ...

(2 pages) 489 9 2.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Descerning Truth

uble if I just told them the truth. The only time I needed to worry about being in trouble was if I lied. Many people have been told those same things by their parents, I expect. But perhaps, like me, ... t had tasted. No, he never told the person that their apple pie was delicious, but he led them to believe he liked it. My older sister would talk about an outfit someone had worn, for example, and whe ...

(3 pages) 47 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Clearing a Conscience. Caroline Myss's theory is that when one lies he will go through much suffering and the only way to rid the body of this pain is to confess the lie.

s himself in a sticky situation and needs a way out, human instinct is to take the easy way out, to lie about what happened. The next step is to feel guilt for the lie committed. After that, the guilt ... into a pointless detour on the way to solving his problems. Caroline Myss's theory is that when one lies he will go through much suffering and the only way to rid the body of this pain is to confess t ...

(4 pages) 16 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Pathological lying

ng is deceit or deception which is entirely unreasonable, with no gain or payback in return. People lie usually to get out of doing something or to avoid punishment the lie is intended; a pathological ... r to avoid punishment the lie is intended; a pathological liar may not even know that he has told a lie. This lying hardly, if at all, centers on a distinct event, even if evident in very few cases fo ...

(1 pages) 19 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

What lies do you tell?

Lies--everyone tells them occasionally, and if someone tries to refute that they don't lie themselve ... elves, then chances are that they're not telling the truth either. But what defines something as a "lie" anyways? The dictionary defines it as, "1. A false statement deliberately presented as being tr ... deceive or give a wrong impression." This holds some truth, but I have my own definition of what a lie is: something said or done with the purpose of some type of advantage or benefit to the culprit. ...

(3 pages) 73 2 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Is lying ever justified?

Once in a while, we may drop in a seemingly harmless white lie with no evil intent; either to protect people from the hurtful truth or to promote our self-imag ... truth or to promote our self-image without hurting another. Yet, we seldom realize that these white lies have posed as a threat to our credibility and reliability as well as, perhaps even, starting a ... ity and reliability as well as, perhaps even, starting a chain reaction that may lead onto a bigger lie that may be caused at the expense of another human being.Human beings often despise the feeling ...

(2 pages) 38 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

"The Lie" by Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh’s The Lie is a Renaissance poem which explores universal political and social ideas. The poem was written ... rch it shows, what’s good and doth no good: If church and court reply, then give them both the lie.” Raleigh uses repetition of the popular seventeenth century saying “give them both th ... ple aware of what the world was really like, and that is what is meant by, “give them both the lie”. This was a popular saying in the 1600’s, which meant; publicly announce them to be l ...

(5 pages) 26 0 3.7 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Honesty

out a nationwide survey titled "The Day America Told the Truth" 93% of Americans admitted that they lie "regularly and habitually" at work and 35% admitted they have had or were currently having an af ... withholding information in order to manipulate someone's opinion of you. The fact is that everyone lies. We are always telling some kind of story, building a case for ourselves and trying to put on a ...

(2 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Internal Love Vs. External Love

he knows his love is lying about her faithfulness. He states later that it is all right, because he lies about his age and she knows that he is lying. They both know the other is being untruthful. "Li ... g. They both know the other is being untruthful. "Lie" is a doubly denotative word in this sonnet. "Lie" means that he lies with her in bed, and it also refers to the lies they tell each other about t ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Honesty

ke all his cries as jokes. Then one day when a wolf had actually come and the boy cried wolf none believed him. I try to be honest because I want people to be able to trust me and rely on me. I know t ... e to trust me and rely on me. I know that no one tells the truth all the time and when someone does lie they have to continuously lie to keep up the first lie. When I do lie I have to live with a cons ...

(2 pages) 43 0 4.4 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

An informative speech about " lie "

you are? And then you just say five minutes away, but actually you haven't left home yet. That is a lie. What do we mean by "lie"? In order for you to understand the concept of lying, I will trace the ... d the other one is from psychoanalysis dictionary. I will present a "model case" for the concept of lie. From that case, I m gonna contrast with the opposite concept "honesty". Then, I will give essen ...

(2 pages) 48 0 1.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Ethics and Negotiations

h as honesty, integrity, fairness, responsibility, and trust. These social standards are broadly applied and determine whether a course of action is right or wrong in a given situation, (Lewicki et al ... 10). A number of controversial issues are raised when attempting to define truth, such as what is a lie, and are there times when not telling the truth may be considered acceptable, or even necessary. ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Jun/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Lies We Face Everyday

1100200030 Katy Hsu UE3ALies We Face EverydayWe as human beings lie almost every day. To most people, lying is a default act ... to a study conducted by University of Massachusetts researcher Robert Feldman, 6 out of ten people lie at least once during a short conversation, and in that span of time, they would tell an average ... east once during a short conversation, and in that span of time, they would tell an average of 2.92 lies. We face lies so frequently and actually the lies we face everyday can be classified according ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Critical Thinking

or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action". Although this clearly defines critical thinking in its essence it leaves open what ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy