that Plato is right in some respects and wrong in others. I agree that in one case lying may be beneficial. When you lie to not hurt someone's feelings. Telling a white lie, for example when someone asks if they look fat in this outfit, to not hurt their feelings, if it did make them look fat, it would be alright to lie and say, "oh you look fine." I think lying is ok when it is not about something serious. You gave the girl who thought she was fat some self confidence by saying she looked fine, it was beneficial to her, but yet it wasnt about a serious matter that you could loose someone's trust over. Trust is a big issue, with all marriages, friendships and even acquaintances. There has to be trust, for anything, and if you break that trust it could bring about a lot of hassles and problems that you normally wouldnt have to deal with. Even though lying can be good in superficial matters, you have to watch out because lying is contagious, when you say one lie; it brings about another lie. When you have to lie to cover up another lie, is when lying is bad. When you tell a falsehood about something that is serious to someone it can hurt his or her feelings. I think that you are put on this earth to care about others, and to help others. If you lie and loose their trust and hurt them, that is sinful and immoral.I think Plato is wrong in telling the Myth of Metals because he is being a hypocrite. Plato invented a myth to protect his ideal state. In his state he expects people to be honest in their dealing with one another, yet Plato is not being honest with them about what they are really made out of. Reading the first three books to Plato has made me think about a lot of issues, lying being only one. Plato has strong opinions about when it is right and wrong to lie. He thinks that it is appropriate to lie when it is a verbal falsehood, benefiting others and when it is most like the truth. Plato thinks it is inappropriate when it is a tru...
