When is it ok to lie?(Morally speaking)

We as humans living in  the modern age are taught not to lie. I also would argue that most of us were brought up that way. Lying as we were told is something which is morally demeaning and a shameful sign of immoral quality. I am pretty sure that most would agree with that idea.

Lying of course as it is understandable naturally, is not something of a good moral quality. But the question here is, when is it ok to lie?(Philosophically and morally speaking). Well lets first see what lying is. Lying is not telling the truth about something, some event or some story. It could be due to various reasons. No matter what the reason maybe, if the story told is not the truth, it is called a lie. Lets consider different scenarios.

1) Say you are in a middle of a situation, and the situation has it that if you tell the truth about a certain event, you would lose say a million dollars. But if you lie about the situation you would gain that money. Is it ok(morally) to lie at this situation? Can we logically say that a person lying in this situation is immoral?

2) Say you have nothing to lose or gain if you tell a lie or tell the truth. Is it ok(morally) to lie in this situation? Again can we logically say a person lying in this situation is immoral?

Ok, You probably kind of guessed it already. There is no definite answer to the question "is it ok to lie" at certain situations? and also to the question "when is it ok to lie"? The answer to the question is a question itself. The question is what moral values does the person lying believe in and follow? If the value that the person believes in and follows is that he should not lie at any circumstance, then it maybe immoral for that person to lie at any circumstance. But if the moral value that one believes in and follows is something that doesn't care whether one lies or not, one can lie at any circumstance as long as one has a reason to and it would not be immoral of one to do so. But then again even if one believes in and follows a moral value that forbids one to lie at any circumstance, and one still lies, nobody has the right to judge. Just maybe, it maybe logical to say that person does not have a good and strong moral value.

                                                                                                   By Alazar Desta