Honesty is the best policy, yet all of us lie at some point or another in our lives. If you spend any time reading Kant, you realize that telling 100 percent of the truth 100 percent of the time is challenging. Do you tell the truth if someone wants to hurt someone you love and asks you where they are? Do you tell the truth when your significant other asks how they look in an outfit? Yet, that creates a dangerous slippery slope when people think it is okay to lie sometimes.
PRSA’s Code of Ethics states:
Honesty: We adhere to the highest standards of accuracy and truth in advancing the interests of those we represent and in communicating with the public.
What Is Truth?
There are entire philosophy books written on this topic. ...
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