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Ideal_Rock
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A thread on BWW https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/cake-ethics-101.77749/ got me thinking about so-called "white lies". It may be frivolous and icky to lie for the sake of pretty cake (at issue in that thread). But are there ever cases where you think that lying, while bad may be justified?
At the extreme: lying to save someone's life.
But what about things like: lying to keep somone's feelings from being seriously and pointlessly hurt? lying to avoid telling a secret you promised to keep? lying to fulfill other responsibilities (like, say you had to lie to get your child medicine she needed or something like that)
Other cases?
Just curious how you ladies think about stuff like this.
At the extreme: lying to save someone's life.
But what about things like: lying to keep somone's feelings from being seriously and pointlessly hurt? lying to avoid telling a secret you promised to keep? lying to fulfill other responsibilities (like, say you had to lie to get your child medicine she needed or something like that)
Other cases?
Just curious how you ladies think about stuff like this.