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As the English proverb goes, "Honesty is the best policy". But is this true?
As the English proverb goes, "Honesty is the best policy". But is this true?
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2024-12-15
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As the English proverb goes, "Honesty is the best policy". But is this true? More often than not, people tell white lies to ease social or personal tensions. As a college student, do you agree or disagree with the statement that "honesty is the best policy"? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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Honesty Is Not Always the Best Policy
Lie to Me, an American TV series, has been well received among viewers. The popularity of this drama tells us that people are interested in learning how to detect a lie from micro expressions. We are all fearful of being cheated but we all tell lies, for good or bad reasons. It is, therefore, my belief that honesty is not always the best policy.
To begin with, total honesty is strongly applauded in morality but occasionally avoided in person-to-person relationship. As social beings, getting along well with others is pretty important. It is common that we are frequently asked: "Do you like my new hairdo?" "What do you think of my decoration?" and "Is my pink dress beautiful?" In these cases, we had better come up with some answers with euphemisms, even if we hate the hairstyle, the refurnishing or the pink color. Occasions that honest answers kill a person’s passion and pride when he merrily presents something happen frequently in interpersonal communication. Some even lead to an unpleasant relationship. Thus I believe that interpersonal relationship will be more intimate, if we sprinkle our conversations with well-meant dishonesty to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.
Even though I acknowledge the function of dishonesty as a social lubricant, I am not recommending that we could tell lies to our heart’s content We should all refrain ourselves from lying with malicious intents. For instance, job candidates should not lie about their achievements in their CVs; pharmaceutical companies shall not exaggerate certain effects of pills; and governments must not invent excuses to interfere with other nations’ affairs. As human beings, when in danger, we usually trigger our defense system. Telling lies is one of the repeated tricks in this defense system. We harbor the hope that by lying about something, the issue will be gone and we will not be held accountable. However, when it comes to moral decision, honesty is the best policy. Bill Clinton, for example, denied having an affair with Monica Lewinsky to save himself from a potential scandal at the very beginning. But with evidence accumulated and exposed, he had to admit that he had lied and apologized to the public. Because of his subsequent honesty, American citizens forgave him and his supportive rating rebounded. In this case, and as a rule, honesty is the best defense mechanism you might activate, especially in a moral crisis.
To conclude, honesty should not necessarily be practiced all the time. To save the embarrassment of others, we are justified not to wear our hearts on our sleeves. Nonetheless, we shall never deceive others for our personal benefits.
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