Dilemma 7:The liar

Poor Zjamel.Her boyfriend seems to spend more time with Ethel than with her these days."Are you two having an affair?" she asks him,more by way of a reminder that she exists,than out of any real concern

But Bernand is having an affair with Ethel.On the other hand,he doesn't look on it as a "serious" affair.Ethel is married,and he is basically quite committed to Zjamel,who has been through a rough patch recently.He doesn't want to upset her,eventhough he doesn't like lying either.Gritting his teeth then,and remembering Nietzsche's dictum that "lying is a necessity of life",just part of the "terryfying and problematic character of 'existence",he says:"Of course not,darling",and gives her a big kiss.

Zjamel's heart picks up ,and she feels much better.And anyway,in a few months Bernand and Ethel have got bothered of the affair and no one ever thinks about the matter again

To discuss this,first of all,....I'm not married...how can I know???????????

But anyway,I think he did the right choice."Lying is a necessity of life"This makes sence as well.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism.

"Lying is a necessity of life",just part of the "terryfying and problematic character of 'existence",especially in this case,probably this lie saves his future marriage and could be his life.Even though lying is negative but in some cases,it's needed.The easiest example of that is doctor's ethic.If the doctor recognised the patient has deadly illness,he can't say straight face to face with him that there's no way of saving him.If he told so,it will be the same as kill the patient.Therefore,he will have to lie to cheer him up and there could be chances to help him to escape from the illness.

According to the business,lie could be beneficial but also causes problems as well.Imagine every worker in a company cheats on the financial factor of the company,and reports fake reports to the manager,of course it won't be equily between workers and managers.This may affect the future of a whole company or the sales and profit of the company.
In my opinion the only person who can lie is the head of it.As they have the highest power of the business,therefore,they can do without affecting other members of the company

It's about philosophy+business,,,my brain is not for phylosophy...= =,,I hate it