What it is to be human_part 4

Let us first establish some rules : It is an animalistic feature to be impulsive. And if impulsive behaviour is the true nature of an animal, then certainly, the initial reaction of a thinking being is its true nature, and not a lie.

With that rule established, we can now begin to see the tie that bonds lying with being human.

Maybe the word lying is a little too vague. The word reasoning is more accurate. But if the initial rule applies, then surely, to act out of reason is to lie.

In most cases, as in most human interactions, if it is a good conversation, as in a conversation in which both parties are pleased, there is much rationalization. The bad conversations are those with little in the way of compensation and rationalization. But, again, if the first rule applies, then the bad conversation is one with less lying involved.

Remember, that the lie I am trying to establish is the lie beyond good and evil. It has nothing to do with doing the right thing, for if rational thinking was indeed lying, then obviously, rational thinking is the right thing, the human thing. But when a lie is done to decieve another human, it is a lie done out of the basic animalistic selfishness, and is surely makes one less human and more animal.

If to rationalize is to lie and if to decieve is to lie. Then we all need to choose our lie, and live with the choice.

Continued in part 5