White lies; yes the ones that are done for the good intentions of another.Steve3007 wrote: ↑June 28th, 2021, 8:16 am As I recall, in the film "The Invention of Lying", the Ricky Gervais character is talking to his mother on her deathbed, and she's a bit apprehensive about dying, so he tells her that when she dies she's going to go to a lovely place where she'll get to meet all her friends and family again (apart from the ones she doesn't like) and be happy and free from suffering forever. Since, in the film, nobody except the central character is capable of lying, she has no reason to doubt him, so she dies happy.
Surely, of all the lies one could tell, that has to count as the whitest of white lies?
The issue is where is the demark, white/gray/dark. It is the gray area, as it can be so very close to the dark.
We have to decide if and how much of the truth to tell at any time. As reaction chains exist for everything, is the white lie really good? Like if we tell the mugger that we have no money and get away, she then goes to another victim and kills them. Had we told the truth and gotten robbed this later victim might be alive.
If we had total power(reality bends to our will) and everyone admired and adored us, would we ever lie?
When we lie it is because reality is in conflict with our wishes. If all is as we wish it, no one would lie.