Lying

- When she says that lying is a cooperative act, she means that a lie is just words. The lie does not actually become a lie until someone chooses to believe it. I agree with her on this point, because if there is no one there to believe your lie it really does not mean anything. She says that lying is a way of connecting what we wish we were to what we are, she means that we lie to make ourselves seem to be the perfect person or more of the person we want to be perceived as.

-I agree with truth #2, because if you told everyone the truth about everything, for example, you tell someone you actually don't like their shoes, that is hurtful for no reason. If you do not tell these little white lies that cause no harm, you are going to be viewed as a mean person in the eyes of others.

-One technique used to spot lying, is noticing the person will start using formal language. For example, a person uses did not instead of didn't. Another technique is body language, liars freeze their upper body and use too much eye contact. I think it is good to be aware of these techniques, however I think it may be bad to focus on these techniques too much. If you become to good at telling when people are lying, you will get hurt a lot more and have a hard time trusting someone.

-I think honesty is worth preserving, because honest relationships are the best kind of relationships. Honesty is integrity without honesty in our culture the world would be more of a mess than it already is. I think in order to preserve honesty in our culture it has to start from the top down, politicians are some of the most dishonest people, so if they begin being honest everyone will.