Why do we Lie?
Oops, I just told a lie. It was a little white lie but still, I lied. Why did I lie? What an interesting thought: Why? After thinking about this most complex question I came up with a variety of reasons why people find justification in lying. Be mindful that most of my thoughts stem from books or articles I have read about the not so honest people living in society.I know someone who has made bad choices about life that directly affected people close to her and she told lies as a means to escape the reality of those bad choices. When I asked her why she chose to lie about something that impacted someone else in such a profound way, the response was, "Doesn't it make everything easier that my dad never finds out, I am sorry about what I did and I don't want to hurt anyone else." I am steadfast on my assumption that all lies trace back to the assumption that it will benefit the person who told the lie. Envision a scenario involving the compilation of your resume. Most people are tempted to lie about experience on their resumes to gain the benefits of a better job that they are not
They feed off the exhilaration of altering someone's perception of something by misguiding them, which is in essence what a lie is. This is sometimes a power game for some people whom I feel become unable to differentiate lie from reality. "Reporter Janet Cooke lied on her resume when she applied to the Washington Post and on a resume she submitted to the Pulitzer Prize committee. This was discovered only after she had won a 1981 Pulitzer for her story about an 8-year-old heroin addict. That led to unmasking an even bigger lie: She had faked the winning story." From "Lies! Lies!!, Lies!!! : The psychology of deceit" by Professor Charles Ford, Some people lie because they have accustomed themselves to that and even they can't tell lie from reality sometimes. I feel that some people really do lie to feel power.
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