Man is a social animal and they always communicate with others. There are a lot of lies in the communication behaviors though most people have been taught from early childhood that telling a lie is a bad thing. ‘Lie’ is a conscious act that is different from ignorance or mistake. So, the word ‘liar’ has usually bad image. However, there are various kinds of lies and liars. The website wikipedia says that the ‘lie’ acts as a lubricant between communications . So, not all lies are bad thing. Roughly speaking, telling a lie can be classified into four types. The first category is the lies that the liars necessarily tell. The second type is the lies that are told, regardless of the need. The third one is lies that are told in secretly. The fourth form of lies is opposite of the third, the lies told openly. This paper will research these four ways of telling a lie.
The first category is about necessary lies. It is too difficult to live without telling a lie because the truth hurt others depends on the circumstances. The lies told in such cases are belonging to this group. For example, the doctor sometimes tells his patient that the disease is just a common illness though he is a victim of terminal cancer. If he does not tell a lie, the truth will come as a terrible shock to the sufferer. The doctor tells a lie to avoid hurting the patient. Telling a lie in these cases is sometimes recognized as a correct behavior.
The second type is the lies that are told without thinking about the necessity. For the liars of this group, telling a lie is a kind of their habits. It is good example that the little boy says to his friend that his score of the test higher than the really score.
It is same thing that the woman who bought an imitation bag at a low price says that the bag was a brand-name bag. In this case, the lie is just an insignificant thing and the liar is only a dishonest person. Telling these meaningless lies again and again, the liar is properly lost the trust.
The third group is occurred in secret. Lies of this group often hurt others. When someone notices that he was told a lie, it is the worst moment. Cheating on her husband and flirting with another man is one of the best examples. The husband will be shocked and damaged if he notices his wife’s lies. On the other hand, here is an example of lie that makes others smile though it is in secret. Affecting to forget the friend’s birthday and holding an unexpected party is very happy lie for the person who was told a lie. Lies of this type are always told when there are confidential things. If the secret is kept to please others, the lie will be nice one and if the secret is not to please anyone, of course the lie will be terrible one.
The fourth kind of lies is completely the other way of the third group. The lies are so clear that most people can understand the fact that the lies were made. There are two different example of this category. The magician is the easy example. Magician is a liar who tells this kind of lies. Though the magic always have the trick and, the magicians say, ‘there is no trick to this magic.’ Everyone knows that what he says is the lie but they enjoy the lies as the magic. Next, the lie of the judge in a court is a little difficult example. Because the ‘low’ is very exact and sometimes it is a rigid system for ethics, the lawyer uses the lie skillfully. Saying ‘I don’t remember’ when he do not want to tell a truth is one of the cleverest lies of the layer. In the case of lies that are told publicly, no one can let the liar confess himself as a liar.
Man is an only animal that knows how to tell a lie. To tell the truth, it is impossible to live in the world without telling a lie. The essential lies to feel for others, the meaningless lie that the storyteller tells, the untrue behavior to hide the truth that is good or bad and the very clear and clever false statement are in this society. So, there are many forms of lie and there are diverse ideas on telling a lie. Then, it is important to remember the fact that the bad lies bring the new lies to cover up the deceits. To think whether the lie is good or bad is vital for the liar. And also, the person who is told a lie has to think that the lie was allowable or not. So, everyone who wants to live this world has to resolve the difficult problem about how to handle these lies.
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