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• White Lies. People tell white lies claiming to be tactful or polite.
• Broken Promises. Failure to keep one’s spoken commitment or promise.
• The Lie of Fabrication. Telling others something you don’t know for sure is true.
• The Bold-Faced Lie. ...

Over time, with the more lies we tell and how big they are, it costs us our ability to empathize and be compassionate towards ourselves and other people.

Humans have the power to deceive other people but also the ability to convince ourselves of the untruths we tell ou...

When we decide to lie, we privilege some other value over honesty. The value is often compassion, as people lie more about their feelings than about anything else. 

Those who tell prosocial lies are often viewed as more trustworthy and more moral than are people who tell harsh truths...