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 “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 in 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 its 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 partially) 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 consequences of telling untruths. No one will believe you when you’re telling the truth and 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. After all, 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
“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 in 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 its 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
partially
) 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 consequences of
telling
untruths
. No one will believe you when you’re
telling
the
truth
and 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
.
After all
, 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
.