The world would be better if no one lied

I was reading through some of the blogs of my colleagues and Misty Elliots' question of "would the world be better if nobody lied?" really caught my eye. I got to thinking about this question and I have come to conclusion that the world would be better if no one ever lied. There would be some things that would go bad but overall the world would be better with no lying in it. Sometimes the truth is very tough to handle and some may feel that they would rather be lied to than know the cold truth. Misty had some good examples of this in her blog such as kids being upset knowing that they were the reason for their parents divorce or that they were a mistake. This could cause some suicides like she said but there are so many benefits the world would have if there was no lying. There would not be as many affairs going on because couples would not hide it from one another. There would be no trouble for courts and jurys to decide who is guilty and who is not guilty. Being a baseball player, I really like the thought of no lying in the world because Major League Baseball is currently in such a mess with steroid allegations and the fans have guesses but do not know who is really using steroids and who is not. I think that would be interesting to find out. Everyone would know what was happening in the world and people would not have to worry about not knowing what really happend. I feel like if there was no lying in the world that the world would be a better place overall and knowing the truth would be easier and less confusing!

What is Truth?

What is the truth? This sounds like a very simple question but the deeper you go into this subject the more confusing truth becomes. There are two theories of truth, they are known as coherence theory of truth and correspondence theory of truth. The Correspondence theory of truth views that truth is when something is said and it matches what is going on in reality. For example, if someone says they are holding a pencil, it is only true if that person is holding a pencil at the same exact time that they claim they are. This seems to be very simple but it can be very confusing. Someone could think something is true because it matches reality but, they could be dreaming. If a person is dreaming, they can think that something is true but it is only true in their dream, not in reality. This shows how confusing correspondence theory of truth can be. Coherence theory of truth is a theory that something could be referred to as true by one person but a different person might not see the same thing true because they have different beliefs. An example of this is if a die hard Red Sox fan said, “The Red Sox will win the world series in 2010.” This is true if the Red Sox really do win the world series in 2010. This is true to the die hard Red Sox fan because they made some key moves in the offseason which would make the Red Sox fan think they will really win the world series in 2010. However, if a die hard Yankees fan heard this they would shoot the idea down right away. They have completely different beliefs and think that the Yankees will win the world series in 2010. This shows how coherence theory of truth can be so contradictory. I feel that correspondence theory of truth is by far the better theory. Something is true when it matches what is going on in the world. I do not think that coherence theory of truth is a good theory because not everyone has the same beliefs which causes conflicts in coherence theory of truth. What do you guys think?

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog! My name is Kolby Kilhart. I am new to blogging and the main reason I am starting this blog is for one of my college courses at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. I am excited to start and I think it will be interesting!

Kolby