[Epistemologist]

Okay, sure, I'll answer the question with a personal answer, which doesn't really do much for discussion, but what the heck. I'd say that no, sometimes it's okay to lie to me, as I've laid down with my post on teleological ethics.

Of course, it depends on the situation, but if a man was fighting for his life from gunwounds after he and his wife were shot at, and he asked his doctor how his wife was doing, it might be better for the doctor to lie and say that his wife was still alive even though she actually died en route to the hospital because it would increase his will to live and the probability that he survives in the hospital. Perhaps it would have been in his best interests to just give up at that time if his wife had died, but I suppose it would have been better for most if he lived.

And like I said, the teleological stance doesn't justify every compromise of moral standards. You're going down a slippery slope there.