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Originally Posted by sapiens
I can see the possible benefits to radical honesty among close friends, significant others, etc. However, I don't think that radical honesty works on a larger scale. Deception (or tact) is useful in a variety of social contexts.
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It only doesn't work because we are conditioned for it not to work. When you expect pleasant lies you don't react well to the truth. We tip toe around problems, be it social, governmental, or otherwise. I agree that its useful to lie or not tell the whole truth, but only because we expect our egos to be so sheltered and take great offense when anyone dares say something negative. I think a lot more good could come out of people saying what they are really thinking or feeling. Do I think this will ever happen? No, of course not, but personally I would rather have an honest assessment, even if I don't agree with it, then someone blowing sunshine up my ass.