Is honesty always the best policy?
Oct 22, 2008 | Categorized Under: Thoughts | | CommentsThere is this saying called “honesty is the best policy.” But can it always hold up – in any time and type of circumstaces. This is where I think we get to really judge who lives by honesty all the time and who just on different occassions.
Let me briefly elaborate on what I mean by that: let’s say George, Tenzin and I are in a discussion group. We all agree that being honest is a good characteristics that will make others look upto you. But we all talk about honesty bit differently. George says honesty is always the best policy; however, Tenzin claims that there are times and situaions where you can’t be totally honest for one reason or another.
Therefore, from what George and Tenzin said, we can conclude that George tend to be more honest and more often than Tenzin.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Being honest generally is good…
But – is honesty always the truth?
Or is it just what exists in one’s own mind?
And how about the things that I don’t say? For example if I do not want to hurt someone and therefore decide to be quiet instead of saying my honest opinion – does that make my a liar?