Purchase Solution

Judging ethics of lying

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

1. Is lying always wrong?

2. How do you judge whether an act of lying is ethical or unethical?

*****in your own original words, please provide support and explanation for statements and opinions.******

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

The ethics of lying is examined.

Solution Preview

1. Lying isn't always wrong, it's relative to the situation and the circumstances. For example, if a person lies about his educational background to obtain a job, that is wrong because he will not have the required knowledge that is needed for the job and will make it unfair for the people who were not picked for employment. ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy

Short quiz relating to Descartes

The World Health Organization

This quiz assesses the students knowledge about the World Health Organization. Although listed under “Philosophy” it is relevant to health care, political science, pre-med, and social scientist students as well.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Ethics in Business Negotiation

    For example, lying about the reputation of another person is illegal. Apart from these specified situations lying is not illegal. For example, in social conversation, a person may tell a number of lies without breaking the law.

  • Kantian Ethics and Kant's View on Lying

    594241 Kantian Ethics and Kant's View on Lying According to Immanuel Kant, morality is grounded in absolute moral rules that we must adhere to under all circumstances. One such moral rule is the prohibition against lying.

  • Ethics

    Nevertheless, while lying is immoral, if the lying is for the purpose to save someone's life, then it is still unethical but it is not immoral.

  • Applying Ethical Theory to Pollution Law

    The same is true for moral rules against lying or murdering. Rule-utilitarianism, then, offers a three-tiered method for judging conduct.

  • Legal and Ethical Issues in Business

    Ethics are different from laws because something that is unethical may not be necessarily illegal unless another act is done in addition to it. For example, lying is unethical but most of the time it is not illegal.

  • Ethical Theories vs. a Person's Own Ethics and Critical Thinking

    Ethics is a very important part of business and no matter what cooperate accepted ethics are, everyone has their own personal set of ethics that guide their decision making.

  • In about 4 months, you will be graduating from the police academy.

    Personal desires are tied to the quality of duty in regard to ethics. What are the implications of lying on a questionnaire even though the department may not find out the truth?

  • Major Concepts in Kant's ethics

    There have of course been long debates regarding what the basis of ethics could/should be. Historically in the West morality was based on religion.

  • Ethics-Utilitarianism or Deontology summary

    If lying is a choice, I do not do it because my moral compass dictates that lying is wrong, even if lying would produce a positive outcome from my decision. Does that make sense?

View More Related Solutions