... correct, as it is possible to lie without making a false statement and without the intention of deceiving. Aristotle in his Ethics maintained that it is never permissible to lie, while Plato in The Republic allows doctors and statesmen to lie occasionally for the good of their patients and for the common wealth. Kant allowed a lie under absolutely no conditions. (Slater) St ... . Augustine created a doctrine used by the Western Church proving it is never lawful to tell a lie. He maintained an early absolutist philosophy based on the fact that lying is a perversion of the God-given power ...

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... processes take place mostly when conclusions are reached that directly affect people, but what are ethics? The Random House-Webster's Dictionary of Modern English defines ethics as: The branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of actions and the goodness and badness of motives and ends. This paints a pretty clear picture ... , Grover, Jr. T.S. Eliot's Poetry and Plays: A Study in Sources and Meaning. (U of Chicago P, 1974) Bondanella, Peter, eds. The Prince. Great Britain: Cox & Wyman, 1984 Applebaum, Stanley and Shan...

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