Poll: Does breaking a promise constitute a lie?
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No matter how big or small it is, it's a lie. You told someone you'd do something, and you didn't, thus you lied.
That doesn't really mean it can't be looked over, though.
That doesn't really mean it can't be looked over, though.
it depends really
if you made the promise but couldn't fulfill it for one reason or another, that's not lying as long as you intended to fulfill it.
if you made the promise knowing you couldn't fulfill it and had no intention of even trying to do so, then it's a lie
if you made the promise but couldn't fulfill it for one reason or another, that's not lying as long as you intended to fulfill it.
if you made the promise knowing you couldn't fulfill it and had no intention of even trying to do so, then it's a lie
Best answer.The Austin said:
A bit of trivia & elaboration here: In the UK, police will arrest someone for theft under the following criteria:
Dishonestly appropriating another person's property with the intent of permanently depriving it.
If someone pinches a milk bottle off someone else at the time, with the intent to return it, because they honestly think that the other person would consent, or because they genuinely thought they had a right to it, then theft has not occurred. - It is only, if, at the time of stealing the aforementioned milk bottle, that they knew they were going to keep it for themselves & use it, then it is theft.
In exactly the same way, if someone makes a promise with the genuine intent of keeping it, but later finds that they cannot, then it is not a lie, just a promise that they didn't keep. If they made the promise, knowing that they wouldn't keep it, then it is definitely a lie.
It's a lie when you do it on your ownfree will. When it forced to be broken then it's not a real lie
Breaking a promise achieves the same thing as a lie, however, technically a lie constitutes telling an untruth, which breaking a promise isn't.
There's very little difference between the two, however, so Yes, I think it is
There's very little difference between the two, however, so Yes, I think it is
It depends on how the promise was broken, if it was done intentionally with full knowledge of the meaning of your actions (or lack of) then yes, that is lying.
If a promise is broken as a result of something that was no-one's fault or because the circumstances simply will not allow it to happen then technically that wasn't so much decption as it is bad luck.
If a promise is broken as a result of something that was no-one's fault or because the circumstances simply will not allow it to happen then technically that wasn't so much decption as it is bad luck.
