Question

What is a benevolent lie?

a. a lie of omission rather than commission.
b. a lie told to encourage self-disclosure.
c. a lie that is primarily based on truth.
d. a lie told to avoid hurting another person's feelings?

Answer 1

d. a lie told to avoid hurting another person's feelings

Step-by-step explanation:

A benevolent lie is a lie that you tell to someone in order to not hurt their feelings, when you know that the truth is too ugly or will hurt them, for example when people tell some friend that their baby is cute when it actually isn´t, they do this to not hurt their feelings.

Answer 2

The right answer is D. A lie told to avoid hurting another person's feelings.

A benevolent lie is a statement made by a person with the intention of being benevolent because reality can be very cruel or rude. Its objective is to protect or cause the least possible harm to the person.

This type of lie is considered ethically and morally correct because its objective is noble to pretend to protect the person.

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