the traditional virtue of telling the truth in all situations is increasingly doubted by many in
today’s world. many believe that telling the truth is not always the best policy when dealing with
people. moreover, the line of a “truth” is becoming more and more vague. this essay will explore
the importance of telling the truth in relationships between people.
we all understand that often the truth is offending and may not be a very nice thing to both hear or
say. lies or white lies often have their advantages. the manipulation of white lies is the most
obvious the business world. how many times have we heard that some product is “the finest” or
“the cheapest”? how many times have we heard that products have such and such “magical
functions”? advertising is about persuasion, and many would agree that if a company is to tell the
absolute truth about it’s products, no one would be interested in even having a look at the
products.
the same logic applies to human relationships. if your friend had worn a newly purchased dress
on her birthday and energetically asked you if it was a worthy buy, would you freely express your
opinion that you had never seen a dress as the one she’s currently wearing? and spoil her
birthday? unarguably, hiding(entirely or particially) the truth in some situations can be quite
handy indeed. confrontations and disputes can seemingly be avoided.
however, there is always the risk factor of the truth emerging sooner or later when telling an
untruth. the basic trust in any relationships(businessman/customer, friends, parents/children) will
be blotched, and would have an impact on the future relationship between both parties. the story
of the “the boy who cried wolf” fully illustrates the consequenes of telling untruths. no one will
believe you when you’re telling the truth. your word will have no weighting.
in addition, another “bad factor” of telling untruths is that you have absolutely no control over
when the truth(of previous untruths) will emerge. untruths breed pain in both parties: tears when
the truth is uncovered after a period of time; fear and the burden of sharing a “secret”. in the long
run, it seems that hiding the truth is not beneficial to either party.
everyone hates betrayal. even if it is the trend to occasionally hide the truth in relationships, it is
strongly recommended that not to follow that trend as the risk and the consequences of the truth
unfolded overwhelms the minimal advantages one can derive from not telling the truth. afterall, it
is understood that relationships are founded on “trust” which goes hand in hand with “truth”.
indeed telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship between people.
always.
the
traditional virtue of
telling
the
truth
in all situations is
increasingly
doubted by
many
in
today
’s world.
many
believe that
telling
the
truth
is not always the best policy when dealing with
people
.
moreover
, the line of a
“truth”
is becoming more and more vague.
this
essay will explore
the importance of
telling
the
truth
in
relationships
between
people
.
we
all understand that
often
the
truth
is offending and may not be a
very
nice thing to both hear or
say.
lies
or white lies
often
have their advantages.
the
manipulation of white lies is the most
obvious the business world.
how
many
times have we heard that
some
product is “the finest” or
“the cheapest”?
how
many
times have we heard that products have such and such “magical
functions”?
advertising
is about persuasion, and
many
would
agree
that if a
company
is to
tell
the
absolute
truth
about it’s products
, no one would
be interested
in even having a look at the
products.
the
same logic
applies to
human
relationships
.
if
your friend had worn a
newly
purchased
dress
on her birthday and
energetically
asked you if it was a worthy
buy
, would you
freely
express your
opinion that you had never
seen
a dress as the one she’s
currently
wearing?
and
spoil her
birthday?
unarguably
, hiding(
entirely
or
particially
) the
truth
in
some
situations can be quite
handy
indeed
.
confrontations
and disputes can
seemingly
be avoided
.
however
, there is always the
risk
factor of the
truth
emerging sooner or later when
telling
an
untruth.
the
basic trust in any relationships(businessman/customer, friends, parents/children) will
be blotched
, and would have an impact on the future
relationship
between both parties.
the
story
of
the “the
boy who cried wolf”
fully
illustrates the
consequenes
of
telling
untruths
.
no
one will
believe you when you’re
telling
the
truth
.
your
word will have no weighting.
in
addition, another “
bad
factor” of
telling
untruths
is that you have
absolutely
no control over
when the truth(of previous
untruths)
will emerge.
untruths
breed pain in both parties: tears when
the
truth
is uncovered
after a period of time; fear and the burden of sharing a “secret”.
in
the long
run, it seems that hiding the
truth
is not beneficial to either party.
everyone
hates betrayal.
even
if it is the trend to
occasionally
hide
the
truth
in
relationships
, it is
strongly
recommended that not to follow that trend as the
risk
and the consequences of the truth
unfolded overwhelms the minimal advantages one can derive from not
telling
the
truth
.
afterall
, it
is understood
that
relationships
are founded
on “trust” which goes hand in hand with “truth”.
indeed
telling
the
truth
is the most
important
consideration in any
relationship
between
people
.
always
.