OK, since you apparently didn’t understand my question, let me put it another way:
Are you saying lying is not wrong, or that there is some relevant distinction between “lying” and false signals generally? The facebook profile is an extreme example, an extremely minor deception—but if you’re claiming that it isn’t a deception, then please provide a better defenition.
If, on the other hand, you are defending lies, then please bear in mind that I am well aware that acts which are Bad may have their Badness outweighed by consequences that are instrumentally Good—for example, killing someone by diverting a train is Bad, but saving ten people by diverting a train is Good, and the Goodness outweighs the Badness.
OK, since you apparently didn’t understand my question, let me put it another way:
Are you saying lying is not wrong, or that there is some relevant distinction between “lying” and false signals generally? The facebook profile is an extreme example, an extremely minor deception—but if you’re claiming that it isn’t a deception, then please provide a better defenition.
If, on the other hand, you are defending lies, then please bear in mind that I am well aware that acts which are Bad may have their Badness outweighed by consequences that are instrumentally Good—for example, killing someone by diverting a train is Bad, but saving ten people by diverting a train is Good, and the Goodness outweighs the Badness.