EXCHANGE OF SENTIMENTS=PRINCIPLE FACTOR IN SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
WITHOUT TRUTH SOCIAL INTERCOURSE IS VALUELESS.
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LYING DESTROYS FELLOWSHIP. |
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LYING YIELDS NO BENEFIT FOR CONVERSATION. |
KANT ON LYING
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EXCHANGE OF SENTIMENTS=PRINCIPLE FACTOR IN SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. | ||||
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WITHOUT TRUTH SOCIAL INTERCOURSE IS VALUELESS.
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"PROCLIVITY TO RESERVE AND CONCEALMENT IS DUE TO THE WILL OF PROVIDENCE THAT THE DEFECTS OF WHICH WE ARE FULL SHOULD NOT BE TOO OBVIOUS." |
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CONCEAL OUR FAULTS TO APPEAR OTHER [BETTER] THAT WE ARE. |
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ATTEMPTS TO APPEAR GOOD ULTIMATELY MAKE US REALLY GOOD. |
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ABSOLUTE SILENCE [NO VALUE] VS. PRUDENT RESERVE [CAREFUL DELIBERATION. |
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SECRETS. |
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ADD INTEREST TO CONVERSATIONS. |
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GIFT GIVEN. |
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MUST EVERYTHING BE TOLD IF THE INTENTION IS TO SPEAK OUR MIND? |
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FALSILOQUIUM - FALSE DECLARATION WHEN I INDICATE I INTEND TO SPEAK MY MIND. |
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FALSILOQUIUM - DECEPTION WITHOUT A STATEMENT --- OTHERS DRAW A CONCLUSION. |
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FALSILOQUIUM - HIDE FROM ANOTHER WHAT IS ON MY MIND; THE OTHER ASSUMES THIS IS HAPPENING; THE OTHER'S PURPOSE IS TO MAKE A WRONG USE OF THE TRUTH. |
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FALSILOQUIUM BECOMES A MENDACIUM (LIE) WHEN IT VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF AN INDIVIDUAL. |
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LYING IS AN INFRINGEMENT ON THE RIGHTS OF HUMANITY. |
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LYING VIOLATES HUMAN AS MORAL LEGISLATORS. |
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"ALTHOUGH I DO A MAN NO INJUSTICE BY LYING TO HIM WHEN HE HAS LIED TO ME, YET I ACT AGAINST THE RIGHT OF MANKIND, SINCE I SET MYSELF IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONDITION AND MEANS THROUGH WHICH ANY HUMAN SOCIETY IS POSSIBLE." |
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LYING DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO SATISFY MY CRAVING FOR KNOWLEDGE. |
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NOT EVERY UNTRUTH IS A LIE --- ONLY WHEN WE EXPRESSLY GIVE ANOTHER TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE SPEAKING OUR THOUGHTS. |
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BECAUSE HUMAN BEINGS ARE MALICIOUS, ALWAYS TELLING THE TRUTH IS OFTEN DANGEROUS [WHITE LIES ARE ENFORCED BY PRACTICAL NECESSITY]. |
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WHAT COUNTS AS NECESSITY? |
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"THE FORCING OF A STATEMENT FROM ME UNDER CONDITIONS, WHICH CONVINCE ME THAT IMPROPER USE WOULD BE MADE OF IT IS THE ONLY CASE IN WHICH I CAN BE JUSTIFIED IN TELLING A WHITE LIE." [EVEN SO, THE BRAVE AVOID THIS.] |
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CHEAT = LYING PROMISE. |
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AN INSULT TO THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS MADE. |
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USE OF EQUIVOCATION --- WHEN ONE IS TRYING TO EXTORT A TRUTH FROM US. |
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"A LIE IS A LIE, AND IS IN ITSELF INTRINSICALLY BASE WHETHER IT BE TOLD WITH GOOD OR BAD INTENT. FOR FORMALLY A LIE IS ALWAYS EVIL; THOUGH IF IT IS EVIL MATERIALLY AS WELL, IT IS A MUCH MEANER THING." |
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A LIAR IS A COWARD WHO CANNOT ACHIEVE HIS ENDS BY OTHER MEANS. |
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THERE IS DEFENSE AGAINST VIOLENCE; NO DEFENSE AGAINST A LIE. |
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JUDGE THE OUTER MANIFESTATIONS OF MORALITY --- WE CANNOT JUDGE THE INNER CORE. |