When the poor mother left the only meal for her child and concealed the fact that the child was still starving, do you still accuse the kind and noble maternal love of being "dishonest"? In fact, we can see the shadow of white lies everywhere in our lives, from the comfort with tears before our sickbed to the politeness when we politely refuse, from the dried-up sea of love to the beautiful exaggeration written by poets, but they are not so terrible that the other debater turns pale when he talks about "lies". Positive]:
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Please note that even a white lie, as a lie itself, is a violation of honesty. Therefore, whether a lie is for a good purpose or not, as a lie itself will inevitably hinder honesty. So, I want to speak out here, let's reject white lies and build an honest society together. [Counterparty]:
In the other side's argument, it is pointed out that when a person is faced with two kinds of obligations, when they are contradictory, the other side's obligations should be reduced. But the positive argument does not discuss that white lies and honesty are contradictory. How can we directly conclude that a white lie will definitely reduce the obligation of good faith?
Please pay attention to each other's defensive friends. We have made it clear that lies should have the function of cheating, and only malicious lies are cheating. Please don't narrow down the extension of the concept of "lies". Positive]:
Please note that there is a big omission in your defense. We think we should start with the definition to distinguish things and synthesize the interpretation of Kangxi Dictionary. A white lie is not seeking truth from facts, telling lies, exaggerating, covering up and distorting the facts. From the structural analysis of white lie phrases, it is a partial phrase and the head word is a lie, so white lie is a lie in essence. It is an indisputable fact that white lies are often used by some "professional liars" because of their uncertainty. A "lie" itself is dark, and the likes and dislikes of things are not measured by the purpose of things. A white lie itself is a lie. Although he has shed his beggar's clothes and put on his cheongsam, he still can't get rid of the essence of lies, which means cheating and hinders honesty. White lies have a good starting point, but once they are exposed, they will do more harm to each other. As a lie itself, it is already a violation of good faith.
Among the 20-character moral standards put forward in the Implementation Outline of Citizen Moral Construction promulgated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, "sincerity" is a very important criterion, which means seeking truth and justice. The ancients said that "true self" was sincere. Not refined and sincere, not moving.
As General Secretary Hu Jintao said in his speech: "The socialist harmonious society we want to build should be a society with democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, vitality, stability and order, and harmony between man and nature."
From the above analysis, we believe that no matter whether a lie is for a good purpose or not, being a lie will inevitably hinder honesty. [Counterparty]:
White lies and honesty are different categories of ethics, and there will be no contradiction, just as cars will not hit planes.
Honesty: faith. In China culture, "faithfulness" and "righteousness" constitute "faithfulness", which is a humanistic spirit and a criterion for being a man. "Faith" and "sincerity" are interlinked, forming the moral standard of "sincerity", which is a product from Poland. Modern western legal sages put forward the concept of "contract society", and all kinds of relationships between people are contract relationships. In such a society, honesty is the bottom line of social morality. After the establishment of market economy in China, honesty has become the most important criterion for establishing a standardized and orderly market. Therefore, "honesty" in the modern sense is the moral principle of market operation.
White lies and all kinds of white lies are aimed at protecting each other's feelings and maintaining each other's mental health and pleasure, which is a humanistic spirit. Because of the existence of white lies, the world will become better, warmer and more harmonious, the world will be full of love and sunshine, children will grow up healthily, the elderly will enjoy their old age and patients will be full of hope.
Therefore, these are moral principles in two different fields, which will not conflict and contradict each other, and white lies will not hinder honesty.
A white lie is not a "lie" (a malicious lie), just as a whale in the sea is not a fish and a mouse is not a mouse.
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Asking the other party to argue that it is a lie? How can you have a good impression? ! It's goodwill! Why lie? !
Although a lie is well-intentioned, as a lie itself, it is a violation of good faith. Therefore, whether a lie is for a good purpose or not, making a lie will inevitably hinder honesty.
Looking back suddenly with the national spirit, it turns out that honesty is in the dim light. Thousands of years later, it can still be clearly heard that honesty is the virtue of the Chinese nation, just as the Great Wall is a symbol of the Chinese nation. If a person loses integrity, he will leave hypocrisy: if an enterprise loses integrity, it will face bankruptcy; And if a nation loses its integrity, it will degenerate and perish!
Keeping faith is the pure land of keeping faith, keeping faith is the success of keeping faith, and keeping faith is that the Chinese nation can last forever.
Here I want to ask other students, when a person loses integrity, is his starting point still good? [Counterparty]:
Please pay attention to the other debater. Today I'm debating whether a white lie hinders honesty, not whether a dishonest person still has good intentions. Please clarify the causal logic. If the opponent's debater says it is a lie, how can it be well-intentioned? Do you doubt the existence of white lies? Since there is no white lie, is it still meaningful for our discussion today? [for]:
It's not necessary. Why are we sitting here arguing?
So-called white lies can also lead to unpredictable consequences. Give an example: someone is terminally ill. In order to let him spend the rest of his life safely, his relatives and friends have kept him in the dark. There is no malice or selfishness in this, but it is often unsatisfactory and deception cannot last long. On the contrary, patients lose the rationality of cooperating with treatment and the opportunity to deal with personal affairs. Sisera, a female philosopher? Polk warned that such a lie would put people on the verge of a great decline in personality. In the book "Lying, Moral Choice in Public Affairs and Private Life", she wrote: "Psychological barriers are gone, the ability to distinguish between true and false is more vague, and the concept that lies will not be detected may tend to be paranoid." Some psychologists who study lying suggest that anyone who wants to tell a "white lie" to his friends, relatives and colleagues had better think of a question involving psychological reaction. [Counterparty]:
The other defendant has admitted that there is a white lie. Relatives and friends will not affect the treatment. In fact, for better treatment, stress will only affect the condition. A mother divorced her husband. At that time, children were not sensible. The mother told the child that your father is a sailor, and now he is abroad and will come back in a few days. Children are full of expectations for life, and they have never been distressed and feel inferior because they have lost a member of their family-their father. Later, the mother split up twice, found a new husband and established a new family, so she said to the child: Your father came back from abroad. In this way, there is no gap between the child and the father. The father regards the child as his own child because he is not a stranger. Counseling children every day will help them grow up healthily and become students in famous universities. One day, the child graduated from college, and she finally found out that her father was not a dear father. Although she cried, she was also distressed to be cheated. However, he will eventually understand that her mother is right, otherwise she won't have a happy childhood, a healthy mind, good academic performance, a happy family, and ... (too much).
I want to ask the other debater to ask himself, who in the world will doubt the other person's personality and integrity because of a white lie? [for]:
A white lie is an excuse!
Anyone who uses an excuse wants to use it to protect himself or others. Help us save face and let us endure setbacks.
Gasmel said: "It is quite common to think that you are better than yourself." The excuses people come up with are sometimes unexpected. Why should people deceive themselves? American humorist Ryder pointed out: "Most people don't live in reality, but in fantasy, especially their own fantasy." On the other hand, it is sometimes cruel to know the truth about yourself and your friends. Better not know.
However, most excuses are destructive. If you use excuses unconsciously, you will fool yourself even if you don't fool others. So I ask the other party to realize that more honesty and less excuses! At the same time, I want to ask each other, if everyone has this view, how can we build an honest society and make our country develop further in honesty? [Counterparty]:
People always habitually give lies derogatory meanings. This is because of the credibility crisis in today's society. In fact, lies are neutral. Even if the morality of honesty is put forward in today's society, it is not required to tell the truth in all situations and it is not allowed to lie. A white lie is not a "lie" (a malicious lie). It is not contradictory to honesty, but has its own space. If you don't like the word "lie", we can mind that linguists create new words, such as "empty talk" and "gentle words" to express white lies.
White lies put aside ugliness and come to a beautiful world!
White lies abandon selfishness and come to an honest world!
Please give your opponent an example. Who was hurt by a white lie? Lead to the loss of integrity? [for]:
You didn't answer the question of "Three Theories" directly. I think that even if a lie is well-intentioned, its negative effects can be seen everywhere. Why give an example? This negative influence on honesty is often hidden and chronic poisoning. Ignoring this poison is undoubtedly a cover-up Ask another debater, you always said that white lies and honesty are two categories. Would you please give an accurate definition of a white lie? [Counterparty]:
"White lies are more excuses", which is said in the three debates. Does this sentence need to be demonstrated? Can you quote directly without argument? There is a serious logical error in directly demonstrating the harm of "excuses" in positive and negative arguments. At the same time, I found many logical mistakes in the other side's argument, so I won't list them here.
We asked the other party to cite examples, and the other party said that there were many examples, but none of them were cited.
As we all know, white lies are not a new concept, so why redefine them?
The Three Debates repeatedly emphasized that white lies are chronic poisoning and concealed, but they did not make rigorous arguments or cite examples, but came to a conclusion directly, which we could not agree with.
Excuse me, another debater, how does a white lie undermine integrity? [Counterparty]:
Deception is definitely a lie, and a lie is not necessarily a deception.
There are two kinds of lies: malicious and white. Lying is human instinct. As for whether it is honest or not, the key lies in what kind of lies it tells. Then a malicious lie can of course be said to be cheating. Malicious lies are an act of seeking benefits for liars, aiming at others, with a strong desire for profit, weak rationality and hurting others at the expense of others. It is an act that harms others and does not benefit others. People with ulterior motives, no matter how disguised, how rhetoric, how to rack their brains to give their malicious lies a malicious purpose. But a white lie is not. Its motive is kindness and its purpose is to safeguard the interests of others. The essence of a white lie determines that it is not malicious, but based on sincerity and kindness in the heart. The white lies that good people are "forced" to tell in a certain state are well-intentioned and a kind of kindness and concern for the subject. This kind of lie is also a way of life, which reflects the quality of caring for others. Obviously, a white lie does not hinder honesty. A world without lies, like a dust-free earth, does not exist. The key is how to use it. A white lie will not hinder honesty.