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 Speak
and
act truthfully!
Every
human being has
a right to truth and truthfulness
In the great
ancient religious and ethical traditions of humankind, we find
the directive: You shall not lie!
Or in positive
terms: Speak and act truthfully!
Let us reflect on the consequences of this ancient directive:
No woman
or man, no institution, no state or church or religious community,
has the right to speak lies to other humans.
Let no one
be deceived: There is no global justice without truthfulness and
humaneness.Young people must learn at home and in school to think,
speak, and act truthfully. Without an ethical formation, young
people will hardly be able to distinguish the important from the
unimportant. In the daily flood of information, ethical standards
will help them discern when opinions are portrayed as facts, interests
veiled, tendencies exaggerated and facts twisted.
From
the ‘Declaration Toward a Global Ethic’ of
the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chicago 1993.
Fraud over
drug firms costs NHS up to £60 m.
Daily Telegraph
Why so many
politicians are liars.
Daily Mail
E crime and
net raiders cost US $10 bn. Computer fraud and theft is double
that of the previous year.
Guardian
And now you
can’t even trust the wine. Ten people arrested in what may
be one of the biggest wine scandals of recent years.
Guardian
Hospitals
sold living tissue of children.
Times
Forgers ready
to cash in over Euro.
Independent
Downfall of
a firm built on deceit. False passports,
the dead buying shares …
Guardian
Lies as printed.
Three on $800 m forgery charges.
Daily Telegraph
Fake deaths
abroad are a growing problem for insurers.
New York Times
Fraud in
Europe hits £45 bn a year.
Daily Telegraph
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