Yes, deception is ever justified. Deception is the act of convincing another to believe information that is not true, or not the whole truth as in certain types of half-truths.
Deception involves concepts like propaganda, distraction and/or concealment. Througout history, many leaders had used deception to archieve their aims.
Otto von Bismark, prime minister of prussia used deception to unify Germany. Otto Von Bismark was the master of what became known as "real politiks." With real politiks as his style, he ruled without a the consent of the parliament and without a legal budget. He proclaimed that he would rule with blood and iron. Otto Von Bismarck also used deception to stir the Franco--Prussian. Deception can also be used in positive ways.
The use of deception in psychological experimentation is a methodological procedure where the researchers purposely mislead or misinform the participants about the true nature of the experiment. The process of concealing information from the participants is omission and the purposely misleading the participants about what is being studied is commission. The use of deception is reserved only for when it is absolutely necessary to preserve the naturalness of the participants’ behavior and the researcher must follow specific guidelines set forth by the American Psychological Association (APA).
One January 1940 year, a woman visited Gynecologist Joseph Steven Deane in Queens County, New York City, and said she had syphilis. Several doctors had told her she was mistaken but she thought they were "in league" against her. Dr. Deane had a Wassermann test made by the Board of Health. When the test came out negative, he suspected his patient was suffering from syphilophobia—a symptom often caused by fear of sex. Thinking he could cure the woman more easily if he humored her, Dr. Deane changed the Board of Health report to "positive." Then he prescribed a red tonic, gave her some harmless injections for her nerves.
One day the patient's sister, who came with her, took the report from Dr. Deane's desk. Last week he was haled to court on charges of forgery.
After hearing the testimony of several doctors, a jury in the County Court acquitted Dr. Deane. Their decision: a physician is entitled to give false information for a patient's own good.
Therefore, deception is ever justified to archieve the an aim. For example, deception can be used by lovers to make theeir unit of love to be very strong "your muffin is the sweetest." However, the use of deception is just for a limited time, because honesty lasts.
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