This is http://www.essayz.com/a9503172.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %WHEN DISHONEST PROMOTE PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY+950317 %WHITE LIE KINDNESS CONSIDERATE EMBARRASS MEAN ILL+950317 %SPARE PAIN HURT HARM 950317 We can find it revealing to consider carefully under what circumstances lies, dishonesty, deception, and misleading behavior can reasonably be defended as promoting both personal and communal integrity. We will do well to exclude from consideration circumstances where lies, dishonesty, deception, and misleading behavior are used in the service of dishonest and/or powerful people---to the disadvantage of honest and/or weak people. We will do well to exclude from consideration circumstances where lies, dishonesty, deception and misleading behavior are used by powerful people---to take advantage of vulnerable people. We will do well to exclude from consideration circumstances where lies, dishonesty, deception and misleading behavior---lead to alienation, distrust, resentment and anger in ways which can readily be expected. What circumstances have not been excluded? Given the exclusions: Under what circumstances lies, dishonesty, deception, and misleading behavior can reasonably be defended as promoting both personal and communal integrity. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================