It is a great pleasure to be here today to offer my opinion on the argument of whether or not well-intentioned lies are a hindrance to honesty. The following is our view: it is unquestionable that a well-intentioned lie is itself a lie. Lies, lying is cheating, cheating is immoral, immoral things are not popular, these are playing small teachers and elders have taught. But we ask ourselves, and who has not told lies? Whether it is to their loved ones, friends, or do not know each other, there are many kinds of purposes, but when we add a "good intentions" to the lie, as if everyone may accept it, which is precisely the weakness of human nature is the focus of the performance. Even if it is a well-intentioned lie, but as a lie itself, it is already contrary to the integrity of the behavior, so, regardless of whether the lie is in a good purpose, as a lie itself will inevitably hinder the integrity. From the analysis of the structure of the phrase of the well-intentioned lie, it is a partial phrase, the center word is lie, so the well-intentioned lie is essentially a lie. Although the motive of the well-intentioned lies for the good, but because of the good itself there is a certain degree of uncertainty, and thus repeatedly by some "professional liars" to take advantage of - this is an indisputable fact. The "lie" itself is dark, the good and bad things are not measured by the purpose of things, the good intention of the lie itself is false. Although it faded away the beggar clothes put on the cheongsam, but still can not get rid of the essence of its lies, and lies mean deception, thus impeding the integrity. Well-intentioned lies is the starting point of goodness, but often this lie once pierced, the other side of the harm will be deeper, as a lie itself, has been contrary to the integrity of the behavior. What comes from good intentions? That is, good intentions! Why lie? A person if you lose integrity left behind is hypocrisy: a business if you lose integrity will face bankruptcy then machine; and a nation if you lose integrity will be on the fall and death!
Keeping faith with integrity will keep faith with a clean land, keep faith with integrity will stay faith with success, keep faith with integrity of the Chinese nation can be eternal.
Here I would like to ask the other students, when a person in the loss of integrity, his starting point or good intentions? "A well-intentioned lie is more of an excuse" !
Anyone who uses an excuse wants to use it to protect themselves or others. To help us save face so we can endure frustration.
Gesmer said, "It is quite common to think that you are better than you really are." The excuses people come up with are sometimes unexpected. Why do people delude themselves? The American humorist Laidlaw noted, "Most people live not in reality but in fantasy, especially about themselves." Then again, knowing the truth about yourself and your friends is sometimes so brutal that it's best not to know.
Yet most excuses are destructive. Using excuses unconsciously can fool others, if not yourself. So I ask the other person to realize that more honesty and less excuses! At the same time I would like to ask the other side, if we all have this view, how can we create a society of integrity and how can we make our country develop more in integrity?
The second defense statement:
In the environment where the whole society does not speak honestly only you are the only one who speaks honestly is at a disadvantage, however, honesty and trustworthiness is the root of being a person, should not be a condition to compare with others. Society is progressing, internationalization is getting closer and closer to us, the kind of fraud to earn the interests of others of the villain will eventually be spurned. Look at it this way, your honesty, your trustworthiness will be trusted by most people, and your path will be wider and wider.
Third defense statement:
You see, there are a lot of lies in life, those who use malicious lies, to deceive those innocent, good people, this is how despicable! Some people say that the lie is divided into kindly lies and malicious lies, but you think carefully, kindly lies are also lies, malicious lies are also lies, lies are lies, not divided into malicious and kindly; like the "Wulin Outreach" in the white exhibition hall said the same thing: a thief is a thief, do not distinguish between a good thief and a bad thief, good thieves are also thieves, bad thieves are also thieves, thieves do not have a good and bad. Then lie is the same, lie is a lie, there is no good and malicious, after all, he still lied, he still lied to people! No matter what kind of lie sooner or later will be uncovered so, speak honestly is the best.
Fourth argument: In recent years, people's appeal for honesty has become stronger and stronger, which may not be that the ancient Chinese had a much better record of honesty than now, but that people's sense of honesty is slowly awakening now. This is just like dividing a cake. Earlier, there was actually no cake in front of us, so everyone was in harmony and there was nothing to argue about. Now we live in the era, probably there is a cake for all to allocate, but the cake is not big enough, and can not guarantee that each person can be divided into a piece of satisfaction, and there is no particularly clear and credible rules of the cake, the result is that all the beings you fight for me and even cheat, but only want to make their own piece of the cake to do a little bit bigger, naturally, the cake of other people will be less, the period of time, the people of honesty to call for the During this period, people's call for honesty is most urgent. With the gradual affluence of society, the cake is bigger and the rules for dividing the cake are clearer, social integrity will be much better. Therefore, the fact that Chinese people are now crying out so urgently for honesty is not a regression, but we are climbing the slope.
Anciently, Du Fu issued a "ten million rooms in a wide building, sheltering the world's poor people are happy", he as one of the poor is a pain in the skin; and Bai Juyi sang "I do not know how cold people want to be warm, and less people's clothes for the clothes", I believe that despite his position When Bai Juyi sang "I don't know how cold the earth is, but I want to warm people's clothes", I believe that he was sincere despite his high position. Because we were once so poor, honesty may have always been a luxury that surfaced in our dreams.
Now China is gradually getting richer and richer, so the issue of honesty has come to the forefront, and we are surrounded by all kinds of dishonest enterprises and individuals, and all kinds of imaginative deceptions, such as putting a little bit of laundry detergent into steamed buns; feeding some lean meat essence to pigs or injecting water into pigs; and feeding some contraceptives to snapping eels and so on, which is breathtaking to see. False advertisements, products and profits of all kinds of enterprises are so numerous that some people have initiated such things as searching for respectable listed companies in China's stock market. Why is honesty suddenly missing and why are we calling for it so urgently?
The current desire for integrity is actually somewhat prophetic. If we still have nothing or to fight private criticism of repair, then our own respect for life, property and freedom of consciousness is still asleep, precisely the reform and opening up for more than 20 years, awakened the people inside the sleeping consciousness, and in the waking up we are in the cake is not big enough years, so there are all kinds of dishonest disputes, in fact, behind, but is a word of profit also! But this is still a kind of progress rather than regression. We often say that the United States and other national integrity to a relatively stupid degree, but a hundred years ago, Americans are not now so honest, before the United States in the motel, handkerchiefs, teacups and even towels disappeared, almost a common occurrence in the material wealth is very rich, so the theft of small property behavior is much less. Many places in China are the same, like Fujian Jinjiang, Zhejiang Wenzhou, etc., their local products were once synonymous with counterfeiting, but now the local economy and the rule of law to a certain stage of development, they themselves up to pay attention to the integrity, and has been and when the Wu Xia A Meng is a world of difference. This is probably what we mean when we say that we have enough food and clothing and then we know honor and shame, and that we have enough granary and then we know etiquette!
How to call for the return of integrity? There is a two-handed policy, one hand of course is to make a bigger cake, so that each national at least have a share of the ability to maintain food and clothing, which is about "development is the hard way" it! The other hand is to establish the rules for sharing the cake, otherwise, if the rules are changed, it is difficult for individuals and enterprises to have a basis for honesty. How can a cake be divided fairly? This requires a check and balance mechanism of power, for example, a person has the power to cut the cake first, another person should have the power to pick the cake first accordingly, so that a piece of cake can be divided evenly. Without checks and balances on power, we cannot expect power holders to use their power in a humble and prudent manner, and most of them will use their power for personal gains. If those who set the rules in the process of dividing the cake in this way have no rules, then the bedrock of social integrity will be very unstable, and ultimately affect the hard labor of the nationals who are trying to make the cake bigger.
So, China calls for integrity, we need to "grasp with both hands, both hands must be hard", there is no rule of good faith, society will be transformed into a state of Liangshan, even if it is a gentleman, can only eat large pieces of meat, large bowls of wine, or else other people will have to be implemented on its "gentleman can be deceived by the party! "; with the rule of good faith, we can no matter inner willingness or unwillingness, at least behavior to be credible. Two hard hands is to say that the development of the economy should be hard, improve the market economic framework should also be hard, the Government integrity of the etching of the empty or missing, is always a social modernization and civilization of the fatal weakness.
Five defense statement:
As I said before, the good intention of the lie itself is a lie, this is unquestionable. Lies, lying is cheating, cheating is immoral, immoral things are not popular, these we have been taught from childhood by teachers and elders. But we ask ourselves, and who has not told lies? Whether it is to their loved ones, friends, or do not know each other, there are many kinds of purposes, but when we add a "good intentions" to the lie, as if everyone may accept it, which is precisely the weakness of human nature is the focus of the performance.
Mark Twain once said this. Twain once said, "When you can't make up your mind, tell the truth. It will embarrass your opponents and relieve your friends." Therefore, the point of view of psychologists is: do not easily lie, even if it is a good lie.
We believe that the distinction between things should first be elaborated from the definition of the first, comprehensive KangXi dictionary interpretation, the good faith lie is not factual, say false, falsehood, exaggeration, cover up, distortion of the truth. From the well-intentioned lie phrase structure to start the analysis, it is a partial phrase, the center word is lie, so the well-intentioned lie is essentially a lie. Although the motive of the well-intentioned lies for good intentions, but because of the good intentions itself there is a certain degree of uncertainty, and thus repeatedly by some "professional liars" to take advantage of - this is an indisputable fact. The "lie" itself is dark, the good and bad things are not measured by the purpose of things, the good intention of the lie itself is false. Although it faded away the beggar clothes put on the cheongsam, but still can not get rid of the essence of its lies, and lies mean deception, thus impeding the integrity. The starting point of the lie is good, but often this lie once punctured, the other side of the harm will be deeper, as the lie itself, has been contrary to the integrity of the behavior.
In China **** Central announced the "Citizen Moral Construction Implementation Program" in the proposed 20-word ethical norms, "integrity" is a very important norms, integrity is to seek "true", is the pursuit of justice. The ancients said that "truthfulness" is the most sincere of all. The first time I saw this, it was a very important part of my life, and it was a very important part of my life.
As General Secretary Hu Jintao said in his speech: "The harmonious socialist society we are trying to build should be a society characterized by democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, vitality, stability and order, and harmony between man and nature."
Through the above multi-faceted analysis, we believe that no matter whether the lie is in a good purpose, as a lie is bound to impede the integrity