Topic: Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?HonestyShould you always tell the truth? Is always telling the truth the best solution? Consider a person who is a. This person is likely to have a good reputation and is trusted by others. Plus, he or she will never get caught lying. On the other hand, consider both the act of lying and the person who lies. Lying is defined as “believing or thinking one thing and knowingly expressing another” (Shibles). You lie by expressing something different from what you think or believe. Lies might be told for various reasons. The main reason is to hide the truth. A person may obscure the truth to maintain good relationships with others, to avoid getting their feelings hurt, and/or to protect the innocent from harm such as torture or death. Some other reasons are to hurt or deceive someone, to be funny, or to develop some sort of reputation. If one lies and the lie is discovered, one may lose the trust and respect of others. Earning them back may be difficult or impossible because the people the liar deceived will be reluctant to trust him again. Therefore, for each of the above-mentioned cases, except when protecting an innocent person from harm, being honest is always the best option. Lying to save people from a fate they don't rightfully deserve, such as protecting an innocent person about to serve a prison sentence for a murder, is a noble and just reason to lie. The other reasons for lying aren't as fair or noble, so honesty is the best option. Two of the reasons a person might lie include maintaining good relationships with others and not getting their feelings hurt. For example, before leaving it is considered polite in society to thank the hosts and hostes...... middle of paper ......r, or imprisonment. Let's imagine that a person suffers such a fate because of his religion, for example, the Jews during the Holocaust. In all other cases, being honest is the best option because it eliminates a person's fear of his lie being discovered and promotes trust between people. Work cited Alchin, Linda. "Anne Frank Chronology." Dates and events. Np, nd Web. 18 April 2014. .Davoudian, Shiva. "II. California Homicide Law: The Basics." Loy. LAL Rev. 36 (2003): 1383, 1391. Web. 18 April 2014. .Shibles, Warren. “A revision of the definition of a lie as a falsehood told with the intent to deceive.” Argumentation, 2.1 (1988): 5. Web. 18 April 2014.