Exactly
Comment on Would it be possible to have a successful career as a lawyer and never lie?
mech@feddit.org 1 day agoIf omitting information is a lie, then no, you can’t be a successful lawyer without that.
Your job is to help your client. Informing the opposition of something they missed and that would help their case hurts your client who pays and relies on you.
But then you can’t be a successful business owner, politician, Union rep or even parent without lying either. Unlimited honesty and transparency isn’t really something society values.
YoFrodo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
But if there is no intention to deceive (and I would add no obligation to reveal that information,) then there’s no lie.
You just don’t provide information.
If my mom asks “where were you?” And I refuse to answer, I’m not lying, I’m just not answering, right?