Lies for good in the bible. Lies for good. Examples from the literature. Works in which there is a lie for the good A case from practice

Lies for good

Lying for good was also a subject of discussion for ancient philosophers such as Plato and Socrates. However, this issue is still relevant today. Someone says that lying is immoral in all its manifestations, and someone believes that in some cases a lie is more than justified. Lies in the name of good necessarily take into account the interests of the one being deceived. We think that all readers will agree with this.

And for adherents of the first opinion, the following example can be given. Remember the famous movie "Seventeen Moments of Spring". Stirlitz skillfully deceives Muller. Who are we rooting for? Of course, for the Russian deceiver Stirlitz. Here's a lie for the sake of good.

The ancient philosopher Plato spoke a lot about lies for good. He called it a “medicine” and added that “such a remedy should be given to doctors, and ignorant people should not touch it. Someone, but the rulers of the state, should use lies both against the enemy and for the sake of their fellow citizens, for the benefit of their state. But everyone else can't use it. If a high-ranking person begins to lie to such rulers, we will consider this the same and even worse offense than the lie of a sick doctor. At the present time we can largely agree with Plato. However, the lie of one ruler to another for us has passed into the category of good. We also do not always recognize the lie of the government to the people, even if it is aimed at restoring peace within the state.

As we said earlier, some people do not recognize lies, considering them immoral. At the same time, they do not take into account the fact that sometimes it is simply necessary to lie in order to preserve and increase good or hide unpleasant moments. However, the reputation of lying for the good is still spoiled thanks to the "efforts" of dishonest people who used it as a cover for their selfish actions. Unfortunately, those who pursue selfish goals and do not respect human dignity also have the ability to lie. But we hope that there are no such people among you, our dear readers.

To begin with, we need to figure out which lie is actually called “honest”, i.e. “white lie”, and which one will not bring anything but harm.

Almost always lies are used by us in order to avoid any trouble. But let's immediately agree that we will call a lie for the good only what is done not just for the liar himself, but also for the sake of other people. For example, for a patient, a lie for the good will be a remark that he looks good. From this, his mood will improve, and with it, the body's resistance to microbes will also increase. Moreover, such compliments can even cure a person of mental or mild physical illness. And a seriously ill person should not at all talk about his true condition, because this will only aggravate the disease, because we know that in a state of discouragement it only worsens. Of course, the patient himself may not share this point of view, but only in this way will we keep hope for the best and self-confidence in him. It should be remembered that your face and actions must be consistent with the words. Otherwise, who will believe if you, shedding bitter tears, say that everything will be fine.

And as an illustration of the next example of a lie for the good, one can cite an old anecdote.

The husband comes home in the morning in a fair amount of drunkenness. His wife meets him at the door and asks where he has been.

Wife: You must have had an urgent meeting?

Wife: Then the boss made you accompany him to the banquet?

Wife: Then you couldn't get a taxi for a long time?

Here the husband's panties fall out of his pocket.

Wife: Where is this from?

Husband: Honey, you're so smart! Well, come up with something!

Of course, this is just an anecdote, and it is unlikely that such a thing could actually happen. But still, if you look at this situation seriously, it turns out that these two were desperately trying to save their marriage. Naturally, even the very fact of treason would poison their lives, so none of them needed the truth. Of course, it is generally accepted (and we adhere to this opinion) that treason is a betrayal. Probably so. But imagine such a situation that you know about the betrayal of one of the spouses with whom you maintain friendly relations. Their family is strong and happy. Generally speaking, the betrayal was more accidental than deliberate. And now you, as an honest person, are going to reveal the secret to the second spouse. What will happen? A family that was prosperous until recently will break up, and you yourself will no longer be their friend. You can amuse yourself as much as you like after this with the fact that you did an honest deed, but in fact, no one got better from this. What happens if you don't speak up? Absolutely nothing, everything will be as before. So, probably, it would be more correct to forget about the fact of infidelity, and the spouses will sort it out themselves (if the truth is nevertheless revealed).

Probably, there is no such person who has never dreamed of getting on television. Remember at least the famous "housekeeper" from the beloved cartoon "The Kid and Carlson". She literally dreamed of television fame and could not understand why she, so interesting, had not yet been invited to any program. We laugh at this character, not suspecting that we ourselves are very similar to him. But let's face it: we are not interested in television as we are. Of course, there are exceptions that stand out in some way, but we will not discuss them now.

Do not rush to object that you have something to show the audience. Let's first understand why we watch TV programs. Firstly, in order to learn something new, we need to constantly be aware of the events happening in the country and the world. In addition, it is useful to study the behavior of animals, plant life, the order of assembly of a car, etc. Naturally (not counting printed publications), television helps in this. But there is also a second one, which tells us about the life of non-existent people and about those who carefully hide their true selves. Well, with non-existent everything is clear. These are movie actors who are just playing their roles. But others, hiding their real face and character, deserve to be considered in more detail. These are the hosts of various TV programs and participants in TV shows. The news anchor can real life be an avid prankster and the soul of the company. But on the screen, he plays the role of a serious announcer. Leading various entertainment programs also stick to their roles. Often these are people invented by them at screen tests, who bear little resemblance to their "masters", but are interesting to everyone. We see them on the screens and consider them quite real and sincere. Meanwhile, this is only an acting role and nothing more. These presenters will smile at us even if their house burns down or their beloved cat dies. They have such a job.

As for the heroes of the newfangled reality shows, despite the fact that these are ordinary people, as they say, from the street, they are also far from being sincere. In front of the camera lens, all people change. Knowing that several million people are watching them, they try to present themselves in the best possible light. And it happens the other way around, when the participants of the show, trying to attract attention to themselves, use PR tools, rolling up scandals and doing not quite decent deeds. Remember, a person remains himself only when no one is watching him.

But the most interesting thing is with pop stars. It used to be that in order to get on the stage, outstanding abilities were needed. Now you need something different from others, simply stand out. Someone sang in a hoarse, smoky voice, someone in falsetto. Nikolai Baskov combined opera singing with pop singing, and Vitas became famous as a fish boy. Shura with whole teeth would hardly have been able to achieve such success. And the leader of the Mumiy Troll group struck everyone with “meaningful nonsense”. His fans assure that the lines of Mumiy Troll's songs have a hidden subtext. In general, now everyone can find on the stage something for themselves, to their liking.

In our time, the word "PR" has come into fashion. Hidden under it are all sorts of deceptive tricks. famous people(or their assistants) in order to attract the attention of the public.

Moreover, this is done in a variety of ways. For the sake of popularity, people can start some kind of scandal in a public place and even slander themselves. This is the main principle of popularity: "You are successful if people talk about you." We see only what we are shown, so very often our heroes turn out to be far from what we imagined them to be.

Now let's talk about cosmetics. For what? And remember that we already mentioned it when we discussed optical illusion. I think that we can, with a clear conscience, classify the “cosmetic” lie as the most humane. Not all women are naturally endowed with beauty, And how you want to feel like a goddess! Even in ancient times, Russian girls blushed their cheeks with beets, and in the east, women lined their eyes with antimony. And about three centuries ago, men also painted. And now, some representatives of the stronger sex put makeup on their faces. This applies to actors, singers, TV show participants, etc. Otherwise, in the light of spotlights, we will not even be able to see their faces.

Let's get back to women. Imagine a kind of Cinderella who never considered herself beautiful. But then the fairy godmother suddenly comes and puts a wonderful make-up on the girl's face. Cinderella goes to a discotheque, where the handsome prince immediately falls in love with her. This is not at all like in the fairy tale by Ch. Perrault? Of course not! It's just like in our life. If you are unhappy with your appearance, then hide it by emphasizing what you consider beautiful in yourself. Is this cheating? In fact, yes, because women hide their real face. However, there are few men who agree with this. It's safe to say that men want women to cheat on them in this way.

One can talk endlessly about deceit for good. Usually, strong family feelings, rules of etiquette, duty, love push a person to him. In our society, it is customary to slightly embellish reality so as not to deprive a person of hope or offend someone with a careless remark.

Thus, we can not do without a saving lie for good. Few people call it a lie. It has firmly entered our consciousness and has not surprised anyone for a long time. In order to understand whether we are really dealing with a lie, one should pay attention to the goal pursued by the deceiver. If she is selfish and ill-intentioned, then the holy lie is only a disguise. But if the goals really correspond to a good lie, then such a deceiver can be called an honest person with confidence.

Sometimes a little trick is used against overly arrogant and boastful people to cool their ardor a little. An example is the well-known fairy tale about the hedgehog and the hare.

I once met a hedgehog hare and, well, let's brag that it runs faster than anyone in the forest. The hedgehog listened, listened, endured, endured, and decided to teach the braggart a lesson. Called a hare hedgehog to the competition. The hare laughed, but agreed.

Meanwhile, the hedgehog came home and told his wife. A hedgehog and a hedgehog agreed that he would stand at the start, and she at the finish line. And since they were like two drops of water, the hare would not notice the difference.

And so it happened. The hare, without hurrying, ran to the finish line and looked at the hedgehog with surprise. He did not expect this! Then the bouncer offered to run again, because he thought that he did not put all his strength. Naturally, he also played the second race. Since then, the hare stopped showing off. But he decided to train a lot in order to someday get ahead of the hedgehog.

A fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it! People who have a very high opinion of themselves can easily be in the place of animals.

It turns out that it is possible to deceive not only a person, but also fate itself. Many dream about it, but few know that it is real. First, though, you need to figure out what fate really is. It is generally accepted that each person is destined from above for a certain series of events and it is impossible to break it. Something bad happens and we console ourselves by saying, “This is fate! This is how it should have happened. I can't prevent it." Don't you want to go against her for once? Of course you want! However, for this you need to know what should happen. And in some cases it is very possible. For example, you can easily change the course of events that you have guessed.

One of our acquaintances seriously took up palmistry - divination along the lines of the hand. She found out that her health was not all right, as one line was weak and thin. But she did not want to put up with this fact and seriously took up her health. About a year later, she showed us the same line on her arm, but much clearer than before. And this means that fate has changed!

There are many cases when a person sees in a dream the death of another, and then in reality saves him from death. So what about fate? Probably, there is nothing and no one in the world that (or who) cannot be deceived. The main thing is not to give up in front of difficulties and always believe in the best.

Here is another example of a good lie. One woman works as a nurse in a polyclinic. Her profession requires constant readiness to help the patient. At the same time, the material security of the medical institution is not taken into account, so doctors often have to make do with what they have. And then one day this happened to her. Two boys ran into the clinic. They were playing side by side in the yard, and one of them fell and hit his head hard. Naturally, a bleeding abrasion appeared. This woman quickly provided first aid by treating the wound. The injury was not serious and did not require additional treatment, but the boy complained of a headache.

It would seem, what are the problems? You just need to give him a pill for a headache. However, the whole snag in this was that there was no such pill in the entire clinic. What to do? The woman made the only right decision in this situation - to deceive the boy. But don't worry, there is nothing criminal here. Just under the guise of a headache pill, she gave him ordinary calcium gluconate. I think everyone knows what this medicine is. Basically, it's chalk. It is used for preventive purposes. But the most important thing was that the boy himself believed in the effect of the medicine. After a while, the head really stopped hurting, as the nurse promised. I do not think that the boy would have been offended if he later found out what kind of medicine he was given. And this means that the deception has only benefited.

The greatest forces are hidden in a person's mind. We sometimes do not even know about them and believe that fate controls us and it is impossible to take a single step to the side. He just needs to believe in something for it to come true. Unfortunately, this mechanism is difficult to start by yourself. However, it is often done for the person by others, using deception. But this deception turns out to be much better than the truth. This technique is often used by one of the most skillful deceivers - psychotherapists. With the help of this technique, they can raise a person's self-esteem, instill hope in him, remove internal aggression. True, many people call them cheaters and do not understand what psychotherapists are paid money for. What are they doing? They just ask questions, listen, sometimes give advice. But they do exactly the same ordinary people. What is the secret? The main secret is in listener status. The psychotherapist is a doctor, which means that he can give the most practical advice. Friends rarely enjoy such authority. But more importantly, the doctor knows exactly when to ask a certain question. If you carefully follow the work of a psychotherapist, you can see that almost always (with the exception of especially difficult cases) the patient finds a way out of this situation himself, and all the laurels go to the doctor. Coming to this doctor, we expect him to solve our problems. However, in fact, its task is to deceive our consciousness so that it itself discovers the solution. Of course, we ourselves are unlikely to be able to deceive ourselves, which is why such specialists-deceivers are needed.

Well, there are still readers who believe that it is not good to deceive? If so, they can close the book and put it away. For them, a lie will be a poison that poisons the entire body. And you, readers, never tell such people that everything around them, including nature, is saturated with lies. Let them wonder why it started to snow when the first month of spring is on the calendar; why you can get poisoned by a completely edible-looking mushroom ...

Do not tell them, so as not to hurt their vanity. After a while, they themselves will understand everything and return to this page. We greet you, our dear reader, because it was you, who until recently believed that it was not good to lie.