
Morality, The Lord of the Rings, and Awkward Jokes (Dr. Peter Kreeft) | Ep. 369
Pints With Aquinas
What Do You Think Makes Something Funny or Not?
Lying is a more relative thing than most evils because it's essentially an interpersonal relationship. So I don't think that lying to another person to protect him is a bad thing. You cannot unintentionally lie, but you should intend to not kill the person. Lying can work in self-defense but not in lying since the means are evil in lying. The moral obligation is to lie to the Nazis because you promised to hide them and hiding is a kind of lying.
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