Showing posts with label dishonesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dishonesty. Show all posts

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Lying is dishonest

I thought I posted this argument, but can’t find it, so I’m writing it up again.

  1. If honesty is a virtue, dishonesty is a vice.

  2. If dishonesty is a vice, then acting dishonestly is always vicious.

  3. Acting viciously is always wrong.

  4. Lying is always acting dishonestly.

  5. So, lying is always acting viciously. (1, 2, 4)

  6. So, lying is always wrong. (3, 5)