consequences. Also what will the out come of that lie be, good, bad. This type of situation will agree with Mill’s Principal of Utility, “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to produce the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for the largest number of people, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness”. Therefore if the lie would produce good consequences for the most people why not tell a lie. I agree in some cases with Mill’s Principal of Utility. I feel there are exception to this principal. For instance if some one were to plant a bomb in an arena filled with people. Instead of the bomb killing everyone there was a big firework show right when the home team won and everyone was cheering and happy. Just because this made everyone happy does not make this right. This person deserves to be locked up for life not praised. This is why Mill’s philosophy only works in some cases. Kant’s Categorical Imperative; Witch is (“Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become universal law”) also makes a good point. I would not like everyone to go around lying. The world would be a horrible place to live. Kant’s Categorical Imperative and philosophy is more logical than Mill’s philosophy. Kant established that it is not the out come of the action but the intent of it. My thought on the whole situation is lying is wrong but in some situations is ok. In some situations I would exaggerate on my resume if I had some grounding behind that exaggeration. For example if I said I took a few more computer classes than I actually did that would be ok to me considering the fact that I know a lot about computers and have a lot of experience working them. This situation would be more morally correct than telling an out right lie. In some situations when people lie they are lying to protect them selves from pain or trouble. This situat...
