Shouldn't the last sentence, "The benefits of telling the truth far outweigh the cost of lies" read "the ratio of benefit to cost of telling the truth far outwe

Shouldn't the last sentence, "The benefits of telling the truth far outweigh the cost of lies" read "the ratio of benefit to cost of telling the truth far outweigh the same ratio for lying"? Weighing the benefit of one thing against the cost of another seems like a non-sequitur.