Carinthium comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: moridinamael 08 February 2014 06:52:30PM 1 point [-]

What if this person is your boss? Bear in mind that your boss has probably lied to you.

Comment author: Carinthium 09 February 2014 02:36:33AM 2 points [-]

I have an independent income. I demand a transfer, and if I don't get it I quit.

Comment author: SaidAchmiz 09 February 2014 03:08:18AM 5 points [-]

This is certainly fortunate for you, but in defense of the point to which you were responding, it is actually broader: the question is, what if the person who is lying to you is someone on whom you depend for your livelihood — whoever that might be in your case?