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Lying is a survival skill. Lying is more and more necessary pending on the situation, whether your life is in danger, or you're just working as an exotic dancer.
Eh. I wouldn't say it's a survival skill so much as it's a tactic. Lying is not integral to sustaining myself or in preserving the integrity of my surroundings, it's merely an option that is at times both logical and viable.
On the other hand, actively lying to people whom you have real relationships with - friends, family, significant others - is always wrong, IMO.
Always telling the truth is stupid, but lying to people who you have genuine relationships with is totally destructive and immoral.
Can you explain "actively" lying? And also, why does the relationship depth have any bearing on whether lying is a positive or a negative? I'm not really seeing how the severity of the action changes due to interpersonal connections. Lies are all equally deceptive in nature despite to whom they're addressed toward and the intentions in doing so.