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White Lies? - Page 3

There are good reasons to withhold the truth. Sometimes you do it to not hurt the person's feelings. Maybe they are not supposed to know. For instance it is something confidential. Maybe the person is the enemy and you cannot divulge secrets. You can call this "white lies" but there are genuine reasons to not reveal the whole truth of anything, especially just because someone asks.

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How lying takes our brains down a 'slippery slope'

Telling small lies desensitizes our brains to the associated negative emotions and may encourage us to tell bigger lies in future, reveals new research. Ref. Source 5a.