Why Is Dishonesty Wrong?

Why Is Dishonesty Wrong? Lying can be cognitively depleting, it can increase the risk that people will be punished, it can threaten people’s self-worth by preventing them from seeing themselves as “good” people, and it can generally erode trust in society. Is dishonesty morally wrong? A lie, therefore, is not always immoral; in fact, when

When Do We Lie?

When Do We Lie? We lie to save face, to avoid hurting other people’s feelings, to impress others, to shirk responsibility, to hide misdeeds, as a social lubricant, to prevent conflict, to get out of work, and many more reasons. Why do we tell lies? Sometimes it’s to protect the liar from being punished, or