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Honesty and white lies

Honesty is saying what you believe true. A white lie is a small lie told to be kind; it is where honesty and kindness pull apart. Often there is a third answer that is both true and kind.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can give the reasons on both sides of a white lie, and find an answer that is both true and kind.

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    Foundation

    You can give the reasons on both sides of a white lie, and find an answer that is both true and kind.

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    Moral reasoningA white lie is a case where reasons pull both ways.

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What's still between you and Honesty and white lies, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Honesty and white liesDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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