Centrality Of Lie
Lying is the opposite of telling the truth and it is also when someone is being deceitful. A lie begins when an individual has the intent of being deceitful. According to Daniel Dor, the intent to deceive existed before the invention of language; language being different methods of communication such as spoken or written. With the creation of language, the capacity of being deceitful increased. With language an individual has a number of methods to communicate the intended lies. When an individual lies, they do so purposely, however, there can be factors that push them to do so. Even so, lying is a choice, you can either tell the truth and face the consequences or lie and avoid the consequences.
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The reasons may be to save face or not wanting to hurt the feeling of others. In their mind, the reasons established justify the deception. On the other hand, deception can pressure someone to act against their will. Sisela Bok states “The knowledge of this coercive element in deception, and of our vulnerability to it, underlies our sense of the centrality of truthfulness.” Knowing the fact that deception can persuade one do act against their will, makes it important to be truthful. Additionally, deception which is similar to violence can be used for protection such as self-defense or sheer of …show more content…
The purpose of these studies was to test dishonesty escalation. All experiments were done with two people and the task was to estimate the amount of pennies in the jar; the more they estimate the more money they will receive. This experiment had four possible results, the first possible result is self-serving-other-harming which means lying about the amount of money in the jar would benefit the participant and harm his partner. The second one is a self-serving-other-serving, by being dishonest about the amount of money in the jar both individuals would benefit. The third result is self-harming-other-serving, this one only benefit the partner at the expense of the actual participant. The last one is other-serving which only benefits the
The invention of language is phenomenal because …show more content…
The reasons may be to save face or not wanting to hurt the feeling of others. In their mind, the reasons established justify the deception. On the other hand, deception can pressure someone to act against their will. Sisela Bok states “The knowledge of this coercive element in deception, and of our vulnerability to it, underlies our sense of the centrality of truthfulness.” Knowing the fact that deception can persuade one do act against their will, makes it important to be truthful. Additionally, deception which is similar to violence can be used for protection such as self-defense or sheer of …show more content…
The purpose of these studies was to test dishonesty escalation. All experiments were done with two people and the task was to estimate the amount of pennies in the jar; the more they estimate the more money they will receive. This experiment had four possible results, the first possible result is self-serving-other-harming which means lying about the amount of money in the jar would benefit the participant and harm his partner. The second one is a self-serving-other-serving, by being dishonest about the amount of money in the jar both individuals would benefit. The third result is self-harming-other-serving, this one only benefit the partner at the expense of the actual participant. The last one is other-serving which only benefits the