Lying is Always Wrong
Channel: Applied Virtue
Date: 2023-02-10

A lot of people nowadays, including some Christians, believe that lying is morally justified. This goes against thousands of years of moral wisdom. In this video, I lay out the reasons why lying is intrinsically evil.

Michael Jones’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-zODUS79ts
Edward Feser’s articles on lying: 
http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-it-wrong-to-lie-to-hal.html
http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/11/there-is-no-santa-clause.html
http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/11/murderer-at-door.html
http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-counts-as-lie.html
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/02/live-action-lying-and-natural-law.html
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/01/smith-tollefsen-and-pruss-on-lying.html
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/01/jokes-lies-and-jocose-lies.html
Dr. John Skalko’s natural law argument against lying: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crW2ya_Ajn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjH4KJlkkHg
Perverted Faculty Argument: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SjM0oabZazWC1SRmN0WXVpYkE/view?resourcekey=0-mEl0wIXhM8qd4ieiCuosvQ
A Brief Textbook of Moral Philosophy by Charles Coppens (Starts at page 91)
The Science of Ethics, Volume II by Michael Cronin (Starts at page 69)
The Catechism of the Church on lying: https://ronconte.com/2014/07/22/the-catechism-of-the-catholic-church-on-lying/
St. Augustine on lying: 
CHURCH FATHERS: On Lying (St. Augustine) (newadvent.org)
CHURCH FATHERS: To Consentius, Against Lying (St. Augustine) (newadvent.org)