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Quote by: Epistemologist  If the police come to you and ask if you have a nuclear bomb in your briefcase, and you say no because really you have a dirty bomb, are you still lying? You're deceiving them into thinking that you don't have any hostile weapon in your briefcase.
There are lots of other examples too. Is lying wrong? And is deceiving wrong as well? Do you commit any such actions? |
Not really. The reason being is because the police asked a "deceptiive question" but the man answered correctly and accordingly.
If the police were honest they would have asked "Can we put you into jail for the rest of your life because you have a nucler bomb"?
The man acturally answered "No I do not want to go to jail".
And so you must look "through" the question to see the intent behind it and then answer it based on the "intent".
It is foolish to answer a DECEPTIVE question with the Truth. Just like a mouse is foolish to get caught in a trap because it has cheese in it.