What is a lie? Are we lying if we choose to withhold critical information? One definition of a lie is as follows:
- A lie communicates some information
- The liar intends to deceive or mislead
- The liar believes that what they are 'saying' is not true
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Why lying could be justified:
- if it increases overall welfare (how is this measured?)
- white lies, lies without mal intention 
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Imo, lying is wrong when it is done with deceptive intention, regardless of the truthfulness/falseness of the statement In also inclined to follow Kant’s view that lying to ourselves and others is always wrong.
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Then again, what of psychological experiments? Should we be able to deceive to support scientific enquiry? If the participant is adequately informed after the fact, is that okay? I dunno man
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For hard questions like this it's interesting to examine the extremes. A trivial lie to save hurt feelings? Maybe. How about a series of lies to avoid nuclear war? These scenarios are not zero-sum, that's for sure. Welfare framing definitely needs to be considered.
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