Source: EconLog
by Pierre Lemieux
“There is a rational, self-interested reason to choose a strategy, and establish a reputation, of non-lying. This idea been recently illustrated by the condemnation of Alex Murdaugh for the murder of his wife and son, and by Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister of the Russian government during a conference in India. The theory is that if one follows a strategy of non-lying and succeeds establishing his reputation for telling the truth, he is more likely to be believed in the future. And to be believed and trusted is useful in any social relation.” (03/12/23)
https://www.econlib.org/usefulness-of-a-non-lying-strategy-two-examples/