Deception

RUNNING HEAD : Deception

Deception

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When one encounters the word deception ' what would come into mind are negative thoughts about it . It connotes lying , fooling , swindling double-crossing and essentially cheating . Deception is even associated with the devil because that is what he does , to fool men in to make him turn away from God through temptation and by the time one learns the folly of falling for a deception , it would be too late . In a moral and hagiographical sense , we naturally believe that God never deceives

us and is always open and fair . Because of this we are urged by our faith , if not our conscience , never to resort to deception and at the same time be aware of it so as not to be deceived ourselves

However , if one were to look at it in pragmatic terms , deception is not necessarily

evil ' or wrong . There are times when deception is used for righteous purposes . One such instance would be the justice system in their pursuit of giving justice to the victims and ensuring that the perpetrators of the crime are punished . The problem members of law enforcement and the legal system face is that the laws that protect the general public are the same laws which also protect a suspect because of the assumption that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty . In addition there is protection from self-incrimination and the right to counsel which makes it hard to prove guilt and convict a criminal...