When asked "are you an honest person?" The only logical answer is yes.
When asked "are you an honest person?" The only logical answer is yes.
If you're truly honest, you'd say yes.
If you weren't honest, you'd lie and say yes.
If you were truly honest and say no, then you're not being honest about your honesty.
If you weren't honest and say no, then you're being honest which is a paradox.
This only holds true if you define "honest" as "tells the truth 100% of the time" and "dishonest" or "not honest" as "lies 100% of the time."
Nah, only the first part needs hold true, no need to define dishonest as lies 100% of the time.
Not sure why the down votes... You can be dishonest and truthful but you cannot be dishonest and honest. You can mix truths in with lies and that would still absolutely be considered dishonest, but you cannot mix lies into truths and still be honest.
I've never told the truth before and I never will.
A dishonest person does not have to lie literally all the time.
Unless they're in a riddle guarding a door or something.
It's only that one time and Jason there is already accusing me that i lie all the time.
That's just lack of commitment
This guy is a straight-shooter with upper-management written all over him
You're assuming the answer must be binary, where "yes" means you're honest all the time and "no" means you're dishonest all the time. Those characters show up in riddles, but in reality, most people are somewhere on the scale in between perfectly-honest and perfectly-dishonest.
Even the question "are you an honest person?" would, to most people, mean "are you generally honest?" Either answer makes sense here.
The truely dishonest will happily use honesty when it's in their best interest, and the truely honest are aware that they have probably been dishonest at some point, and should say they try, but might have low self esteem and impossibly high self expectations leading them to say no, because they were dishonest that one time, and so know they're capable of it...
This question is a trap, and its easy to dodge.
An actually honest answer would be something like "I try to be honest."
I would probably float something just like that. Add a bit of fake humility. Not too much.
If people are really looking for the truth, that will look like truth to them. It will also happen to be the truth, as vague as it is, so if they want to dig it won't be hard to carry on. Keep it reassuring. Don't actually say anything definite. Act pious. :]not being honest doesnt mean you always lie
I'd trust people who say "no" more, tbh.
Conversely, if asked if you're a dirty rotten liar, the only logical answer is "no".
Sometimes...
Being honest once doesn't make you an honest person, though.
Sometimes the best lie is the truth.
As an absurdist, I'm off playing the trumpet.
Saying "no" if you're truly honest is the paradox. Saying "no" means you're not truly honest, and is a viable answer.
I feel like I’m in the Labyrinth again…
