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| "Friendship, Love, and Truth" (1874) by Currier and Ives |
According to Soni, Shawkat believes that God "only permit[s] lies in defense of someone else's safety--not one's own selfishness" (274).
Do you see any potential problems with belief about lying?
Only answer this question after you have read part six, chapter 2 and all the preceding chapters.
I do see problems with lying about anything. I feel like most of the time with my experience in lying, it always comes back to make more trouble than even if I had told the truth. In this scenario, it is a bit harder to say what I would do though. For example, if we lie for someone to keep them out of trouble, there may be repercussions that get us into even more trouble if the truth is found out. Like in the book, the workers lied about going to church, so that they were not punished. In the end, it worked out, but it also caused a lot of issues too.
ReplyDeleteIf someone were to lie to protect someone else and it gets investigated, a person not only ruins the credibility of who they are protecting but also themselves. In the past people would get killed for hiding someone, but if they told the truth it would be wrong to help in oppressing people. It's natural to want to protect others and to surprise them on special occasions. ICE’s attempt to take advantage of them lying to the government may have worked. This is why Shawkat is the most valuable because he wanted to confess and be honest not to avoid or blame.
ReplyDeleteI think I posted this before, but it wasn't on here when I came back.
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