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Originally Posted by SpiritRunner
So, the question is - if there's one sort of situation, or one aspect of your life, in which you do something dishonest, does make you as a whole dishonest? Could you still view yourself as a basically honest person, or a person who values honesty, but with a weakness in a certain area, a struggle? Am I an honest person who struggles with honesty in this certain aspect .... or a dishonest person troubled about not having, or truly living, a value I think I should.
Can you do something contrary to a value you purport to have/to believe in and still say you have that value, or truly value that value, in general?
Or have you really compromised your character as a whole, compromised your integrity, your authenticity, by not always being true to your values ...
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[FooZe clambers onto lofty Olympian perch]
I think what it really hinges on, is how honest you are with yourself. For an extreme example: suppose you lied 24 hours a day (well maybe 16 -- gotta allow you some time for sleeping). If you didn't deny that you lied nor try to justify it, I'd consider you just an honest person who lied a lot.
Lots more paradoxes available where that one came from.
[FooZe rappels down from lofty Olympian perch
and goes on merry way]