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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (73571)8/28/2003 10:53:16 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I agree that honesty may be trumped, but I do not think that it is morally indifferent. Trust is an essential social value. We ought to be able to count on people's word in most instances, with fairly narrowly circumscribed exceptions. This extends not only to relying on their representations, but to counting on their promises. Not only is the justice system trashed if we cannot rely upon people to answer truthfully in most instances, but the idea of testifying under oath is that one especially stakes one's honor on one's veracity. Unless there is a very strong over- riding reason, to fail to tell the truth under oath is contemptible.
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