In your own words, please briefly summarize the article.
Q2
What do you make of noble lies? Are they an important part of a civil society?
Q3
Are lies necessary for getting people in a community to care for one another, as Socrates thinks?
Q4
Would a political community be better or worse off if its leaders told the truth about everything?
Q5
What do you think of lying, in general?
Q6
How often do you lie?
Q7
What do people lie the most about? Is it usually justified?
Q8
Does lying necessarily have moral value? That is, is lying always a net negative, or does it depend on its context?
Q9
If you have a question or questions that you'd like to discuss during your class, please write them down.
Expressions
infuse
fill; pervade; instill (a quality) in someone or something
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He cracks a lot of jokes, trying to infuse some humor into the office.
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She infuses traditional sounds from various cultures into her music.
common good
the benefits or interests of all
例句
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During her campaign speech, she mentioned putting the common good ahead of partisan interests.
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The company is an outlier in the industry, as they make their products cheap and sustainable to benefit the common good, rather than making more expensive products to maximize profits.
integral
necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental; included as part of a whole rather than supplied separately
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She’s an integral part of the team; we couldn’t function without her constant level-headedness.
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The water pump comes with an integral filter that is supposed to last a lifetime.
fib
a (typically unimportant) lie; to tell an unimportant lie
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Parents sometimes tell fibs to their children to quell their curiosity.
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I fibbed when I told my parents I had finished all of my homework.
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