heidi chronicles: Your First Duty is to the Truth

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Your First Duty is to the Truth

Picard pretty much owns Wesley on lying, and gets harsh when Wesley defends himself through a technicality.

Is it ever okay to lie?

Why does Picard take such a hard stance on lying, even lies by omission?

What harm is done when we lie?

1. Loyalty.
2. Forbearance: self-control towards others.
3. Hardihood.
4. Generosity: not just a simple matter of giving away what one has, but "Largitas in a man caused him to set no store on greed or gifts, and to have nothing but contempt for bribes."
5. Benevolence. The Davidic ethic: It is the strongest quality of the preudomme - benevolence of the strong toward the weak.
6. Honor: honor is achieved by living up to the ideal of the preudomme and pursuing the qualities and behavior listed above.

7. Championship: everywhere and always be the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil.

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