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/^t/Immanuel Kant, a great Lithuanian philosopher and writer, believed that the moral law existed in the people and not in the outside world. He once said: "The stars in the sky above my head and the moral law is me". People have a right to make moral decisions whether to lie or tell the truth in the light of further consequences. A good example of such a quite often situation when lying is more justifiable than truth may be one concerning a physician and their patient suffering total illness. The relationship between them is one of high intimacy and trust since the patient's life depends entirely on a doctor. Here, any improper work or gesture would cause a patient's breakdown and consequently even his death. Even if a physician is always expected to tell the truth he will never tell a patient about his inevitable quick death. Once he does so the further treatment will soon break down and bring no effects. It is humans who create the moral law and together with their ability to think reasonably not only can they make proper, logical decisions but also justify them morally.