By Frondo
I don’t have to, actually.
People who enter into monogamous relationships can get one set of “this is what counts as honesty” rules w.r.t. what they owe their spouses (i.e. don’t cheat).
People who are born into and live in repressive regimes can get a different set of “this is what counts as honesty” (i.e. some law is unjust and therefore can be broken).
Funnily enough, though, sometimes I do hear of people breaking laws that makes me think they’re less trustworthy, too. Like a guy I know who wants to try and get a handicapped parking placard even though he isn’t handicapped. You know, those spots are supposed to be for people who really can’t walk that far, and he wants to try and grab one because of the convenience. That’s a trivial example, and dumb, but when I hear that I think, there’s a guy who wants to rip off the system in a small way, but one that could hurt people who actually need it.
So it’s not like “here is one conception of honesty that I have to apply everywhere, mechanically and without human reasoning.” Human life is more nuanced than that.
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