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Ethics
When the truth betrays
Someone hunting your friend asks where they are hiding. Is lying still wrong? If this lie is justified, what stops that exception from swallowing your commitment to truth?
Truthfulness meets a duty to protect another person. The hard part is naming a rule you would trust someone else to use.
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