PHLA11H3 Lecture 8: Ethics (Lecture 8).docx
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3 cases of lying out of kindness: professor sees some suicidal symptoms in a student and later finds out he killed himself, the mother (roman catholic) of the student asks the professor if he thinks her son committed suicide, the professor lies and says no because he doesn"t want the mother to suffer knowing her son is going to hell, a mother who had atherosclerosis is about to die soon but the doctor isn"t telling her everything, she asks her son if he"s hiding something from her, the son lies and says no, so that she can die in peace, a girl gets out of a relationship and asks her friend if her ex boyfriend wants to get back together, the friend had overheard the ex boyfriend say that he wanted to give the relationship another chance, the friend lies and tells her he doesn"t, because he doesn"t want her to endure any more pain through dating him again.
