> If we made it a general law that everyone must lie This is too black and white. There can also simply be no law either way. And even if there is a law that y

> If we made it a general law that everyone must lie This is too black and white. There can also simply be no law either way. And even if there is a law that you must lie, that law may be restricted in scope. For instance there may be a rule of politeness saying that you should answer "How are you?" with "fine thanks", even though it's not the truth. > then the distinction between truth and falsehood would be meaningless No this doesn't follow. Even if people lie a lot, there is still a difference between truth and falsehood.