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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (257407)5/21/2002 5:18:35 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Mark Twain had a perceptive little short story that explored this conundrum: when is a lie justified?

The story ("A Nurse's Tale") involved a dying woman, her sister, and a nurse.

The sister wanted to lie to the dying woman (to make her last days 'easier'), she wanted to not tell her she was dying... and felt this was the most moral thing to do.

The nurse believed that white lies were still lies, and felt that the dying woman deserved the cold, hard truth.

... Who was most 'moral' was left up the the readers, but I have thought about this issue of 'when is a lie justified' for most of my life.

Downstream from that debate is "what actions are necessary to call someone a 'liar'"?
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