Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 212 Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay) 1830 1903 Trumbull, Henry Clay A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics E-text prepared by Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics" by H. Clay Trumbull is a philosophical work written in the late 19th century. This study delves into the ethical implications of lying, posing the central question of whether any circumstance could ever justify a lie. Trumbull draws on personal experiences, historical perspectives, and religious teachings to assert that lying is fundamentally contrary to divine principles and morality. The opening of the text introduces Trumbull's personal journey that activates his inquiry into the nature of truth and lies. He recounts being a prisoner of war, where the dilemma of potentially lying to escape became a profound ethical conflict. Throughout his narrative, he reflects on discussions with fellow officers, analyzing arguments about the so-called "lie of necessity" in war. Through these reflections, he firmly concludes that regardless of situational pressures, lying is inherently wrong, thus establishing a strong moral stance that informs the rest of the book's discourse on ethics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Truthfulness and falsehood BJ Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 309464 2025-08-05T04:04:49.365683 text/html 309472 309299 2024-11-05T05:23:22.341804 2023-10-05T06:09:13.415227 text/html text/html 193265 2025-08-05T04:04:56.642694 application/epub+zip 195672 2025-08-05T04:04:52.725699 application/epub+zip 178345 2025-08-05T04:04:51.462733 application/epub+zip 388255 2025-08-05T04:04:59.560691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365279 2025-08-05T04:04:55.881714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302162 2022-09-05T08:37:53.987495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282441 2025-08-05T04:04:49.037743 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 262533 2024-10-28T17:53:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16577 2025-08-05T04:04:59.686690 application/rdf+xml 16055 2025-08-05T04:04:52.011707 image/jpeg 3656 2025-08-05T04:04:51.716736 image/jpeg 190360 2025-08-05T04:04:49.388747 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia