Is Lying Acceptable When Protecting Others

Lying is sometimes acceptable when protecting others. Lying is also rarely acceptable to protect yourself. Lying also comes with drawbacks like backing up your lies with evidence and the feeling of regret. Lying to protect others is very common. You can see it whenever one person chooses to take the blame. This is acceptable because you are looking out for other people, not just yourself. If you do lie to protect others, you'll to take the punishment since you were the one that chose to lie for someone else. For example, in the book Tom Sawyer, Tom takes the punishment Becky would've received for ripping the book. Lying is only acceptable when protecting others since you thought about someone else, but if it's just for you it's rarely ok since you would be selfish if you did.

A whole bunch of people do this today. Some people have even made a habit of lying. For example if you threw a baseball through a window, you could lie and say it wasn't you and blame it on someone else. This is selfish because you're only worried about what happens to you and don't care about what will happen to someone else. This is rude because most people want you to care about others first or both, not just yourself. Lying to protect people also comes with you needing to backup your lies. If you lie and it works, you'll need to back it up in case your mom asks you about it later. If you don't backup your lies you'll get caught, punished, and probably never trusted by the person or people you told that lie to. For example if your supposed to do chores and you told your mom you did them, and you didn't, you'll probably have to do more chores or go to your room. Plus, you'll be trusted less or not at