Week 4 blog is about life choices. Is it ever okay to tell a lie? We listen to a podcast What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang). In the podcast Lulu Wang describes how her 80 year old grandmother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and the doctor told them, she only had three months to live. The family decided it was best to let the grandmother believe she was healthy, and Lulu Wang did not agree with the decision. We was giving two questions to answer. Did you agree with the family's choice to deceive Wang's grandmother, and when have you made an important choice to tell someone a difficult truth or you made an important choice to tell a lie that had a major impact on you and/or someone else?
Do I agree with the family's choice to deceive Wang's grandmother? Yes, I agree the family was right not to inform the grandmother of her condition. In there Chinese culture it is believed that mental and emotional health are completely linked to physical health. The family believed that the grandmother was to old, and not strong enough to handle the news about her health, so she would make herself sicker and succumb to the cancer early than the three months the doctors predicted. By not telling her, the family believed she would live longer, and her last day would be happier without the worrying and fear of dying. So yes, if you are lying to someone you know can not handle the trust it is okay. Why would you want to cause them unnecessarily grief and pain. In the end, not revealing to the grandmother that she had cancer, might had saved her life, because three years later she was stay alive. When have I made an important choice to tell someone a difficult truth or I made an important choice to tell a lie that had a major impact on me and/or someone else? I have never been in a situation that I had to make a choice to tell a lie or be honest as not to cause unnecessary pain to someone else. But if I had too, I would. I believe in the saying " ignorant is bliss". I would never cause someone pain just to ease my conscience.
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Sabatino
2/21/2018 04:38:30 pm
You argumentative response provides a clear position and developing rationale to support your claim. We will discuss in class how Chinese culture impacted the family's decision.
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