Does lying matter? Hilaria or Hillary lost a great deal of money because she lied, but does lying matter even if there is no financial loss? We often lie. Sometimes we get caught and other times we get away with it. Does lying matter only if we get caught? In “The Ring of the Gyges,” we were told that if we could get away with lying, cheating, stealing or murder, we would and the only reason we are honest is that we are forced on to the path or morality by the fear of punishment. Is this really the case? Are there good reasons for being honest individually as well as communally? In this writing assignment, I would like you to pick a philosopher and then help them to make the case for honesty or dishonest. A very strong and controversial claim. (Strong means if you think lying is beneficial, state it. Please do not tell me it depends. This is not controversial and will not allow you to make a good argument.)
Evidence for your claim. This can either be your reasons, the philosopher, or a combination of both.
Counterexamples or opposition to your position.
A Rebuttal to the opposition.

where is the

there are no options provided but you can choose among the following gender-neutral pronouns: zir, hir, eir, vis, tem, eir.

in the normal course of maintaining a pronoun-antecedent agreement, we could have used the words his or her but since we are also required to use gender-neutral language, we need to replace it with its equivalent gender-neutral pronoun.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)