You Might Hold An Ethical Position That It's Wrong To Lie, But If You Have Plans For A War In Iraq, And You Want To Keep Them Secret For Practical Reasons - To Reduce Casualties, Perhaps - And Someone Asks You About Those Plans, You May Need To Lie For A 'good' Outcome. - SearchQuotes

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You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons - to reduce casualties, perhaps - and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a 'good' outcome.

Peter Singer

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