Lying is rarely justified in everybody's eyes. Because a lie that one person sees as justified is very likely that there is a counter-argument that says it is not justified. So in this way no lie could benefit everybody. In Much Ado About Nothing Benedick is being tricked by his friends into believing Beatrice is in love with him. So Don Pedro, Claudio and Leonato put on a little act in Leonato's orchard and are lying about Beatrice's love. Don Pedro even says, "What was it you told me of/ to-day, that your niece Beatrice was in love with/ Signior Benedict?" (I.3.89-91). Benedict is overhearing this conversation and cannot believe his ears. This is a lie told by Don Pedro but Benedict believes it to be the truth. Also Don John, Borachio and Conrade are trying to break up the marriage between Claudio and Hero but lying about Hero's disloyalty and saying she IS disloyal. Borachio states their plan as wooing wooing Hero's gentlewoman and Don John lying to the others saying it is actually Hero.This is all one big lie plotted by Don John.That lie is definitely not justified and many people will not benefit from it, it will actually break people's friendships apart.
Lying is a everyday occurrence in everybody's days. People do not always mean to hurt others with lies but the do, just in moderations. Some lies are big, others are small, but they still hurt people. People can lie about doing a math assignment but the only person it would really hurt would be them self. In a way they were also hurting the teacher because in a way, the teacher failed to teach the student what was important. This applies to all of life whether you are a kid or an adult, lying is not the way to go. It can hurt people and even if it doesn't affect you right away, it will attack your conscience and it will hurt you even more. People need to lie at times to save themselves but they still hurt others in this way. The one exception i can think would be robots, because they are not technically people.
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I disagree with you completely. Lies are not ALWAYS harmful. When some one tells a white lie, they are not harming anybody. Lies are only harmful if the person using them is. People can use lies to better the world. If the entire world were about to blow up. We would lie to the general population. This way, people would die in PEACE not in mass RIOTS and stampedes. Lying is but a TOOL it does not have ethics in of itself. Just like a gun or a TV, it can be controlled and used to commit atrocities, but it is not bad by default.
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