In general, I tend to think that most things are relative. I am not certain any one act (aside from pushing a button or issuing an order resulting in mass genocide) makes one a completely dishonest or lacking in integrrity person. Was the act of dishonesty at someone else's expense, was it to deliberately deprive someone else of something, did anyone else suffer or lose something of value because of it, etc - would be the sorts of questions I would ask myself. If the answers were yes - then I would try to make reparation as best as possible and try to never repeat it. If nto, then I would look to see how things fit in with the rest of my philosophy.
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