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[tinyjo]

OK, just for fun, here is the essay question I will be answering this afternoon:

‘It is wrong to tell lies, so patients should always be told the truth about their condition.’ Is this a good argument?

I've turned off emailing comments on this and I promise not to look until I've written the essay (1000 words, in case you're interested). What do you think?

Comments

[aveleh]

I don't know, does that override the principle that lying is wrong, or mean that it's still wrong but *also* right? (Clearly I'm asking the question because I think it's both.)

[oxfordhacker.livejournal.com]

I meant 'override' when considering how to act. As you say, you can (and (arguably) should) choose to do something that's morally wrong if the alternative is wronger, but that still doesn't somehow make the act right.