To extend my post above.
A thought exercise aimed especially at those who claim to be more truthful than all the other liars.
3 newborn babies lives are at risk, to save them you have to be interviewed on the local news station where you must tell a lie to all 3million viewers
do you LIE to 3million people to save 3 lives?
If you think this lie is OK... then before you call other people liars you might want to first seek their circumstance and motivations...
so much for the truth being essential...
Yes, in order to save the lives of the three newborn babies I would lie to the audience. And once the babies were safe and sound I would come back to that same audience to tell I lied before, so the lives of the babies could be saved.
The circumstances, contexts and motivations are important, and nowadays they are mainly moved by power, money and influence at all costs, in most cases. That is what the political scenario, daily social interactions and professional relationships show us nowadays.
And that just evidences Truth isn't important in the world right now. As consequence, the world is being led to chaos and destruction, so from the scrumbles and ruins a new mindset can flourish, focused on the lost principles and values which are intrinsically attached to the Truth.