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66. When Is It OK to Tell a Lie?

No Stupid Questions

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Do You Tell the Truth?

i'm the opposite of jean valjean. i don't need to steal a loaf of bread to feed my family. I don't needto lie about my credentials. And maybe that's why, if i am roughly accurate in my belief that i'm not inclined much to lying. So i am looking r at some research by ipsos, the market research firm, surveyed about a thousand americans about their views on lying. 64% said that lying was sometimes justified. 36 % said, never justified. Does that result strike you as believable, useful? It does strike me that there are occasions on which the lie is a price that you're willing to pay for some greater

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