A white Lie

From when we were small, we were always told that lying is bad and that we should always be honest no matter what happens. However, right now, lying seems to be a way of life. People lie everyday for unimportant things like how someone looks to more serious things like saving a person's life. Lying is certainly not something good but there are some situations when lying is acceptable and it's a better decision.

A lie can be acceptable if it is said to avoid hurting someone's feelings and lower his self-esteem. For example if a girl asks her friend weather or not she looks good in her new outfit, her friend would be justified to lie and say that she does, even though she doesn't, as she would be lying to avoid hurting her friend's feelings. Telling a white lie is always acceptable if it is to prevent an unreasonable fight between two friends and avoid hurting someone's feelings.

In addition, lying can also be acceptable in medical situations in order to encourage a patient and make him fight for his life. If a patient that is ready to be operated asks his doctor if he would be okay, although the chances of survival may be little, it would be acceptable for the doctor to lie and say that everything would be alright as it will encourage the patient to keep fighting for his life. Instead if the doctor had said the truth, the patient would have been discouraged and he wouldn't be willing to fight for his life anymore which could have had fatal results.

Moreover, telling a lie so as to save a person's life is again acceptable. For example when in war, people are forced to lie in order to save their lives. In such situations telling the truth would have meant the end of a person's life and nothing is more important than life so lying is absolutely acceptable as it is done for good.

Some people think that they can tell lies in some situations and they have some reasons for this. They tell it white lie. In my point of view there are not any time which telling lies are acceptable. I have some reasons to support my opinion.

First, many people say that in some situations they can tell lies because its necessary, but I think telling lies is driven from one ...