If your honest answers are yes, then you are not practicing honesty as a virtue, but using it as a weapon.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses the concern of a reader who wants to maintain ...

You know that knot in your stomach when someone asks you for a favor, and you know—you know—you can’t (or don’t want to) do ...

Even if such responses are socially acceptable as “white lies,” I’m concerned they could be more harmful in the long run.

Dear Miss Manners: I have a strong moral requirement not to lie, which has led me to reflect on the role of full truthfulness ...