Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 47 Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay) 1830 1903 Trumbull, Henry Clay A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics Reading ease score: 64.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics" by H. Clay Trumbull is a philosophical work written in the late 19th century. This study delves into the ethical implications of lying, posing the central question of whether any circumstance could ever justify a lie. Trumbull draws on personal experiences, historical perspectives, and religious teachings to assert that lying is fundamentally contrary to divine principles and morality. The opening of the text introduces Trumbull's personal journey that activates his inquiry into the nature of truth and lies. He recounts being a prisoner of war, where the dilemma of potentially lying to escape became a profound ethical conflict. Throughout his narrative, he reflects on discussions with fellow officers, analyzing arguments about the so-called "lie of necessity" in war. Through these reflections, he firmly concludes that regardless of situational pressures, lying is inherently wrong, thus establishing a strong moral stance that informs the rest of the book's discourse on ethics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Truthfulness and falsehood BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 309479 309306 2024-10-05T05:28:05.118481 2023-10-05T06:09:13.239212 text/html text/html 309472 309299 2024-10-05T05:28:05.385520 2023-10-05T06:09:13.415227 text/html text/html 193243 2024-10-05T05:28:13.313542 application/epub+zip 195726 2024-10-05T05:28:09.003463 application/epub+zip 178399 2024-10-05T05:28:07.694473 application/epub+zip 388085 2024-10-05T05:28:16.481431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365405 2024-10-05T05:28:12.455431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302162 2022-09-05T08:37:53.987495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282572 282474 2024-10-05T05:28:04.776462 2023-10-05T06:09:12.986225 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 283694 2020-12-20T01:25:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104169 2020-12-20T01:25:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 283726 2020-12-20T01:25:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104136 2020-12-20T01:25:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20804 2024-10-05T05:28:16.608401 application/rdf+xml 16055 2024-10-05T05:28:08.247443 image/jpeg 3656 2024-10-05T05:28:07.968454 image/jpeg 190346 2024-10-05T05:28:05.411485 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia