The terrible consequences of telling the truth

The Terrible Consequences of Telling the Truth According to Immanuel Kant, telling the truth is a duty that is absolute and unconditional: lying contravenes a fundamental principle of morality. The question of telling the truth, and it’s consequences, has posed a moral dilemma since mankind developed the sense of reason. Kant argued that even in the act of protecting someone, there is no moral justification for lying. Benjamin Constant argued, in opposition to Kant, that if it is always wrong to lie then society is impossible.

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