Truth-telling has become altered in todays society. In certain situations it is all right to lie or deceive. People have regarded truth-telling as overrated. It is amazing the words we put with the word lying. We call them so many various things such as; exaggeration, little white lies, half truths, deceptions, and fibbing. Lying has become a very complicated topic today. Lying can be used in many different ways such as; to protect the innocent, for tradition, and the esteem of individuals. On the other hand, lying can be used as a tool of deception and manipulation. When used in this manner lying becomes detrimental to an individual and to a society. We need to sort out what is and what is not morally justifiable, just as we must sort out moral from immoral behavior in politics, science, and religion (qtd. in hooke, 210)The witness protection program is relied upon by many individuals across the nation to protect their lives against dangerous criminals. In order for this to be successful one must completely change their lifestyles and their identities, basically lie to every individual about their past and future in order to protect themselves. Their whole existence for the time they are in this program in a lie to themselves and all individuals they come in contact with on a daily basis. In boks eyes this would be wrong. If we all live by the way she describes lying people we be less reluctant to be a witness to a crime in fear they may be killed.Tradition. One word which defines all citizens BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!! The tradition of most American children is the belief of Santa Claus. The subjection of a red faced merry man delivering gifts to all of the children in the world in one night that our parents tell us about, take us to the malls to sit in his lap, and make us behave all year long for the fears of just getting coal in our stockings, is in one word . . . a lie. A little white lie to our children is not half as bad as the dis...
