What is integrity? From a moral perspective, integrity means being sincere, honest and trustworthy in dealing with others, being true to one's words and resolute in one's deeds. The explanation in "Shuowen Jiezi" is: "Sincerity, letter", "Xin, sincerity". It can be seen that the original meaning of integrity is to be honest, sincere, trustworthy, and trustworthy, and to oppose concealment, fraud, counterfeiting, and fraud.

What is a lie? Lies, deceptive words, unfounded words, lies are terrible.

There are two kinds of lies: white lies and malicious lies. They are all made-up untrue words, but white lies are told to prevent others from being sad. Malicious lies are told to avoid punishment.

One for others and one for yourself.

So the two are completely opposite things.

There is no doubt that a white lie itself is a lie. Lies, lying is deception, deception is immoral, and immoral things are unpopular. These are all things that our teachers have taught us since childhood. But let’s ask ourselves, who hasn’t told lies? Whether it is for our relatives, friends, or strangers, there are many purposes, but when we add a "goodwill" to a lie, it seems that everyone may accept it. This is a concentrated expression of the weakness of human nature.

Mark Twain once said: "When you can't make up your mind, tell the truth. It will embarrass your opponents and relieve your friends." Therefore, psychology The view of academic experts is: Don’t lie easily, even if it is a white lie

Please note that even if it is a white lie, the second argument of the opponent is that as a lie itself, it is an act contrary to integrity. Therefore, Whether or not a lie serves a good purpose, lying itself is bound to undermine integrity. Therefore, I want to speak loudly here, let us reject white lies and jointly build an honest society.

Please note to the other debaters that there are big omissions in your defense. We believe that to distinguish things, we should first start with the definition. Based on the definition of Kangxi Dictionary, a white lie is to seek truth without facts, to tell lies, to exaggerate, to cover up, and to distort the truth. Let’s start with the analysis of the phrase structure of white lies. It is a biased phrase, and the central word is lie. Therefore, white lies are essentially lies. Although white lies are motivated by good intentions, because good intentions themselves have certain uncertainties, they are often exploited by some "professional liars" - this is an indisputable fact. "Lies" themselves are dark. The likes and dislikes of things cannot be measured by their purpose. White lies themselves are lies. Although he took off his beggar's clothes and put on a cheongsam, he still couldn't get rid of the essence of lies, and lies meant deception, thus hindering integrity. The starting point of a white lie is good, but often once such a lie is exposed, it will hurt the other party more deeply. As a lie itself, it is an act contrary to integrity.

In the 20-word code of ethics proposed in the "Implementation Outline for Citizen Morality Construction" promulgated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, "integrity" is a very important code. Integrity is the pursuit of "truth" and the pursuit of integrity. justice. The ancients said that "the true one" is the most sincere person. If you are not refined or sincere, you cannot move people.

As General Secretary Hu Jintao said in his speech: "The harmonious socialist society we want to build should be democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, integrity and friendliness, full of vitality, stability and order, and harmony between man and nature. society. ”

Through the above-mentioned multi-faceted analysis, we believe that no matter whether a lie has a good purpose, it will definitely hinder integrity as a lie.

Please pay attention to the other party’s argument. Is it a lie? Where does the goodwill come from? ! That’s goodwill! Why lie? !

Although lies are well-intentioned, as a lie itself, it is an act contrary to integrity. Therefore, regardless of whether the lie has a good purpose, as a lie, it will definitely hinder integrity.

Looking back at the national spirit, it turns out that integrity is actually in the dim light.

Across the river of thousands of years, one can still clearly hear: Integrity is the virtue of the Chinese nation, just like the Great Wall is the symbol of the Chinese nation. If a person loses his integrity, what he leaves behind is hypocrisy: if an enterprise loses its integrity, it will face bankruptcy; and if a nation loses its integrity, it will face corruption and death!

If you keep your word and integrity, you will have a pure land; if you keep your word and integrity, you will succeed; if you keep your word and integrity, the Chinese nation will be eternal.

Here I would like to ask the other classmate, when a person loses his integrity, does his starting point still have good intentions?

So-called white lies may also lead to unforeseen consequences. He also gave an example: A person is terminally ill. In order to allow him to spend the rest of his life peacefully, his relatives and friends unanimously hide it from him. There is absolutely no malice or self-interest in this, but it often fails to satisfy people's expectations and the deception cannot last long. On the contrary, the patient loses the rationality to cooperate with treatment and the opportunity to deal with personal affairs. The female philosopher Sisela Polk warned that such lies will put people on the verge of a major decline in personality. She wrote in her book "Lying, Moral Choices in Public and Private Life": "The psychological barriers disappear, the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood becomes more blurred, and the concept of believing that lies cannot be detected may tend to Paranoid." Some psychologists who have studied the phenomenon of lying suggest that before anyone wants to tell some "white lies" to friends, relatives, or colleagues, it is best to carefully consider an issue involving psychological reactions, that is, if the other party After knowing the truth, will I be grateful for your kindness, or will I feel that my long-term trust in you has been hurt by you?

"White lies are more of an excuse"!

Anyone who uses an excuse is trying to use it to protect themselves or others. Help us save face so we can endure setbacks.

Gaismer said: "It is quite common to think that you are better than you really are." The excuses people come up with are sometimes unexpected. Why do people deceive themselves and others? American humorist Lai Dele pointed out: "Most people do not live in reality, but live in fantasies, especially fantasies about themselves." Then again, it is sometimes difficult to understand the truth about yourself and your friends. It's very cruel, and it's best not to know about it.

However, most excuses are destructive. Using excuses unconsciously can fool yourself, if not others. So I ask the other party to realize, have more integrity and less excuses! At the same time, I would like to ask the other party, if everyone has this view, how can we build an honest society and how can our country develop greater integrity?

I think even if lies are well-intentioned, they can have negative consequences everywhere. No need to give examples. This negative impact on integrity is often relatively subtle and is a kind of chronic poisoning. Ignoring this poison is undoubtedly deceiving oneself and stealing the bell. I would like to ask the other debaters, you keep saying that white lies and honesty are two different categories, please give an accurate definition of white lies

If a country and a nation can always be fair and honest, If you treat and evaluate objective things with a clear heart, you will definitely create an honest and clear atmosphere, rather than a vicious circle of intrigue.

Premier Zhu Fangji pointed out in the government work report at the fifth session of the Ninth National People's Congress that it is necessary to "effectively strengthen the construction of social credit and gradually form a good governance system in which integrity is the basis and ethics is the most important factor in the whole society. fashion". Being honest and making friends is an important part of our country's traditional morality. It is also a fundamental measure to maintain the normal operation of the economy, promote institutional innovation, and rectify and standardize the market economic order at present and in the future. At present, with the rapid development of the economy and society and the evolution of people's values, the lack of credit in some fields and individuals has increasingly become a serious social hazard and must be paid great attention to.

As the other party said in the first argument, there is no goodwill in lies. Since they are lies, they hinder integrity. May I ask the other party’s fellow debater, what is integrity? What is lacking in our society?

We believe that the opponent has some concepts. There are fundamental errors in our understanding and understanding. Integrity is based on mutual frankness. Any deception, even the so-called "good faith" lies, can be said to be completely inconsistent with "integrity". . Regarding the concept of "white lies", I don't think there is any need to demonstrate it here. The analysis has already been made very clearly.