I am a very honest person who viscerally dislikes lying, but there are a few cases where I actively advocate for it, and they're all a form of this: You should lie to people with power over you who will unjustly punish you for the truth.
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"I always cooperate" is virtuous in non-iterated games, but in iterated games you shouldn't cooperate with repeat defectors.
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Yeah, but the are often ways to not cooperate that don't involve lying. Some of them are much more satisfying.
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