Sam Harris on Lying
Is it always wrong to lie? What if it’s for a good cause? Are white lies ever justified? These are questions that we likely ponder about when ethical issues come to mind. Likewise, the neuroscientist Sam Harris has pondered about them and has decided to tackle them in a short treatise on why lying is almost always wrong. Harris’ conviction seems hopelessly hard-line at first. However, some clarification about what his definition of lying is and some nuances at the…