Essay #6 Rough Draft

Why Tell Lies?
Why should any person have to resort to telling a lie to please someone, cover up something, or etc.? Plus, is telling the truth sometimes worse than telling a lie. Everyone lies; it is pretty much a given fact, you couldn’t find a person that is always honest.
Some people tell a lie to get out of a homework assignment, they didn’t do. The classic example is “My dog ate it.” These are lies that I do not agree with, but I do believe there are some lies that are ok given a certain situation. Such as when a telemarketer is calling to bug you about another way to improve your credit card or whatever they are trying to sell. When they ask if your dad is home and you respond no, when in fact he is sitting beside you listening to your conversation. This kind of lie doesn’t hurt anyone, and no one would even come to think of putting you in a category of a liar.
It is funny that people call others liars when in fact everyone does it. I know I put people in these categories sometimes as well, but this becomes present when a person lies at an uncontrollable rate and lies about pointless stuff that is obviously not true. For example I was talking to my friend when we were younger and he said his dad invented Pokemon. I knew his dad didn’t but I went along with it, it was an effort by him to try and appear “cool” however you define it, and lie to obtain this image, even though I actually thought less because I knew it was so absurd.
But the question “why lie” comes about, and there are actually good reason to lie. When you are staying at home with your girlfriend and she is wearing an ugly outfit, and she asks you, if you think she looks pretty. And you respond with a yes, even though at the time you might think differently, it doesn’t hurt anybody and both your girlfriend and you stay out of a fight and happy. Lying isn’t morally right however, so it can’t be applauded for but only be accepted.
Can it really be possible that telling the truth is worse than lying? It isn’t morally worse than telling a lie but it can have a worse outcome than a lie. Telling the truth can get you in trouble with your parents and result in privileges taken away.
Telling a lie is wrong but usually becomes apparent when a person is trying to avoid an outcome they don’t desire. Lying is used by most to keep peaceful with others and avoid a bad outcome. When a person uses lies for other reasons they are usually considered by society as liars even though everyone lies. Of course telling the truth is the right thing to do but it doesn’t always happen, just don’t be too harsh on those people that lie and choose your lies effectively.