I. A matter of trust. A. A defensive half-back expects to be deceived by the other side. We don't expect to be deceived by leaders and politicians. We have trivialized lying. Slide into acceptable deceit has a long history.
Some lies are justified.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said only cynics claim to speak whole truth at all times. B. Biggest red herring - lies for a good purpose are morally acceptable. But sometimes you must weigh in the balance the difference between lives and lies. A careful definition of a lie. Every statement that is not so, is not necessarily a lie.