Lying can also be the only moral thing to do in a given situation.
A man comes to you with a gun and says he is going to kill his brother. You know his brother is currently hiding in your house. The man asks you where his brother is. What's your response?
It's a similar question to one posed by a Catholic professor of mine at a philosophy course at a Catholic school I spent a semester at. The vast majority of the class said that it was obviously moral to lie in that situation. However, two or three of the class, coincidentally they were all the seminarians, said that lying is always wrong, so the person that lies to save a life has committed a sin.
A man comes to you with a gun and says he is going to kill his brother. You know his brother is currently hiding in your house. The man asks you where his brother is. What's your response?
It's a similar question to one posed by a Catholic professor of mine at a philosophy course at a Catholic school I spent a semester at. The vast majority of the class said that it was obviously moral to lie in that situation. However, two or three of the class, coincidentally they were all the seminarians, said that lying is always wrong, so the person that lies to save a life has committed a sin.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
