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Student Essay on Honesty Is the Best Policy

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Honesty Is the Best Policy

Summary:   Ponders if honesty is truly the best policy. Considers if lying makes things better or worse. Gives examples of when honesty may not be the best policy.


Is honesty, always the best way to go about a situation? If you lie will matters turn up to be better or worse? These are all questions that might come up to us while lying or while telling the truth.

Honesty, is sometimes the best thing for a situation to end up well. This is because, if you lie and people find out, you are likely to end up with many negative consequences. For one thing, you will not be trusted any more. This could be very annoying. A practical example showing this is politics. If they promise they will do a certain thing when getting elected but they do not do it, people will find it harder to trust the politician and he will find it harder to be elected next time.

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