Why Honesty Is Important

Why Honesty Is Important

Troy Outlaw
Mr. Terrance Jones
5/24/10
The Importance of Honesty
Honesty is defined as the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness. This term is so important in everyday life because it’s the simple basis of how we carry out routine activities. Everybody in the world interacts with one another and when honesty is neglected problems tend to arise. Essentially honesty is the major factor that supports every known source of information. For example without honesty how would someone actually know the simple truth? Each time new information is obtained or we just carry out an ordinary conversation we assume that honest words are coming out of the other person’s mouth and when lies are told controversy sparks like a match. Principally, I believe honesty is important because it provides accurate information, reflects good character, and builds lasting, trusting relationships.
The fact that honesty provides accurate information is so influential to every aspect of life. Sometimes people reiterate false information simply by mistake, but there are others that purposely condone false information for the fact of pure entertainment or because they feel it’s necessary. It’s quite scary to think about all the people that tell you lie’s when you have absolutely no clue because most people tend to believe everything that they hear. It even extends further from just everyday conversation to the actuality of history. If history were full of lies and false information then we would only be expected to misinterpret key details all because someone decided not to be honest. In reality the simple act of telling the truth is so influential because it affects all others around us somewhere down the line.
Honesty reflects good character because when people know that someone is honest they feel that they can overall trust that person. It’s always comforting and reassuring when you can count on that person no matter the circumstances. Honesty as I’ve...