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Originally Posted by bluedragon 
About lying - the way I see it, when you tell a lie because you believe it is the best thing to do in a specific situation - then you are perpetuating the need for lying. If everyone would tell the truth, then things would need to arrange themselves in such a way that telling the truth would be acceptable. If people believe that in a certain situation lying is the only intelligent choice, they perpetuate the system that requires them to lie.
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You're harboring Jews in Nazi Germany. A soldier knocks on your door and asks whether there are any Jews in your home. Telling the truth means innocent people die. What are you going to do?