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There is a controversial issue on whether white lies can provide people with feeling better and good manners in some situations. However, in my opinion, I firmly believe that we always have to tell the truth for the following two subsequent reasons.
To begin with, honestly speaking makes reliable relationships among people. To be specific, the relationship between people are required to trust on the basis of honesty. To put it another way, honesty is a prerequisite of human relations. Thus, people who are social animals are necessary to live together by telling the truth in order to maintain good relationships with others. For example, one of my friends asked me to borrow some money due to buying some books and applying for lectures. After a few day, I found he deceived me by buying games and drinking alcohol. Whenever I knew that, I felt betrayed and then I immediately quitted getting in touch with him. It was clearly seen that lying could result in serious problems of relationships.
On top of that, white lies can make people feel unpleasant. To explain, lying with good will sometimes makes people hurted. In other words, regardless of good intention, people differently accept others’ words. For instance, there was a survey conducted by Korea University, with 300 office workers as respondents. The purpose of the survey was to figure out the experience regarding the unpleasant feeling through listening to white lies. What it found was astounding. Overwhelming 85% responded that they felt uncomfortable while listening to lies with respect to especially their appearance and personality. As a result, lying can lead to unintentional consequences.
To sum up, taking the detrimental effects of lying into consideration, it is worth telling the truth. In the regard, I strongly support the advantages of speaking honestly far outweigh its counterpart. |