Do you believe; and why?

[Lucidus]

(05-09-2019, 12:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't value "truth" over happiness.

Going back to an example I said I was going to drop..... If I had a girlfriend who had a meaningless fling with another guy I would rather not know about it if it did not have any effect on our relationship.

Truth by itself has no value.  It all depends on how it effects your life.

Truth and happiness are not contrary, nor does one exclude the possibility of the other. 

Would not the effect be a violation of trust and a disrespect for the relationship itself? I must say, I would not personally be okay with such a thing being kept from me, as I it would deprive me the opportunity to even decide how I felt or how I would handle it, after the fact. 

I couldn't disagree more that truth, in and of itself, has no value. If truth itself contains no value, then no value could ever be derived from it. Of course, we both know that is not the case.