The Truth, the whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth....

So I was coming up with a title for the last post, and I almost put, "Is it ok to LIE to get to the Truth?"

What is the Truth?

"truth" is whatever is not "false."

So is "Truth" whatever is not "False?"

Let's think for a second--what is the difference between "false" and "False?"

I would say an absolute--a universal. Now we must ask--is there such thing as an absolute "False?" Through the reasoning methods provided to us by various white men throughout the last few centuries, one might suggest that an "absolute False" is something that is "absolutely Un-True." So, we have gotten nowhere.

So we can't adopt a singular school of thought as Absolute, because there are problems with all of them. Essentially, the only thing we can argue on a humanistic level is that every culture has a problem with murder. We may define murder differently from one another, but murder is universally considered wrong, making that an absolute agreement. However, as mentioned, people disagree on what defines a murder. For some, every time a soldier kills someone, s/he commits murder. For others, killing of an entire generation of Jews is not murder, but cleansing.

So we seem to come to a dead end.

Anthropologically speaking, we cannot seem to define a universal Absolute Truth.

So------

Can a journalist say they will do anything to get to the Truth?

From what we said previously, no. Absolute Truth seems to be undefinable by existing methods of reasoning. Perhaps the phrase they are looking for is:

"I will do anything to get the facts right."

Now we have another question--what is right??


Realistically, all we can expect from the journalist is correct facts to the best of their knowledge. When it comes to right vs. wrong, it's time to look at the society and determine who will be hurt from what you report. Then you have to determine whether the public has a need, or even a right to know the information you have at your disposal.

When determining what to print/broadcast/publish, the journalist's integrity determines right from wrong.

What does that mean if journalists are nothing but deceptive liars???



bE fABULOUS.