CERILLO, JOHN CARLO S.

AUGUST 22, 2019

BS ECE – 2A BLACK

PHILOSOPHICAL PAPER 1

“Is it possible to live a normal life and not ever tell a

lie?”

Telling lies is part of our life and that’s the truth. Lies
are all around us. We lie and we catch those who lie to us. It
is like a sport that runs through each and every one of us.
Right now, there is that one friend who says “I’m on the way”
but we know he’s still in the bed half asleep. Honestly,
dishonesty is the best policy. Sometimes, lying, even if it
might lead to something bad, we still do it; because it is an
essential part that keeps our day-to-day lives running
smoothly. When you were once asked, “how are you?” and, of
course, you would have said “I’m fine. Thank you.” But the
truth is you’re not fine. You’re pretending to be fine. But if
you really answered that question saying you’re not okay and
how messy your life is, you might take the happiness of that
wonderful person who asked “how are you”, and make the
conversation awkwardly depressingly dramatic. It really
depends on how you look at the situation on whether to lie or
not. There can be simple white lies that do not hurt anyone
and harmful lies that can destroy someone’s life or career.
Normally, it is not possible to live life without telling a
lie. It is ingrained to us when we were kids. Our parents
taught us “honesty is the best policy.” If you feel something
bad, you got to talk to them. But we were also told that “Tell
your teachers your parents are sick” because they don’t want
to attend the annual school meeting. At a very young age, we
were exposed to these confusing and conflicting messages about
honesty, and for some, it develops people to be deceptive and
manipulative later in life. For others, it makes them hard to
trust anyone; because, everyone lies.