| > Doesn't the pie chart show to make others laugh, I'd question whether this actually is lying. Lying implies intent to deceive. For a scientific study, it makes sense to include this in the data, but I'm not sure it counts as lying. I'm not sure a priest, rabbi, and imam have ever walked into a bar together, but I'm pretty sure nobody is worried about whether it's true when I say they did. > to protect others feelings, As I've pointed out elsewhere, I don't think this actually helps the person being lied to in the long run. > to maintain social norms, Is there even an argument that this benefits the person being lied to? > for economic/personal advantage (usually benefits family), Doesn't benefit the person being lied to. > to escape harm (again usually benefits your family when you don't get yourself killed while dealing with evil) etc Again doesn't benefit the person being lied to. It's also a bit of a stretch to extrapolate "avoidance" from the chart to what you're saying, and I'd argue that the situations where you're lying to evil that might kill you are pretty unusual. I'd absolutely have no qualms lying to Nazis during the Third Reich, but that's not a fact which has any bearing on my life right now. |