Is Honesty the Best Policy?

I don’t like to lie.

I wasn’t raised with very many “absolute” values because I was raised by freethinkers.

But one thing that was stressed, was honesty.  

Honesty to self first and foremost.

Honest to others when possible.

But is there a limit to honesty?

Of course! I would absolutely lie to save my life.

I might also lie, or omit the truth, to spare someone’s feelings IF I felt that hurting them would serve no good purpose.

It is in these “spare someone else’s feelings” that the real grey area of honest lies. 

And this is why morality is so darned difficult.

I’m not going to lie to you about that.