Short answer questions about Ericsson’s essay

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Question #1: According to Ericsson, lying has become so common that it threatens to become a “cultural cancer”. What does she mean by this expression? Question #2: 6. Ericsson quotes Martin Buber (a twentieth century philosopher) as saying: “The lie is the spirit committing treason against itself.” What does Buber mean?  Question #3: In paragraph 3, Ericsson says, “we lie. We all do.” Later in the paragraph she comments, “Sure I lie, but it doesn’t hurt anything. Or does it?” Answer her question.  Question #4: In your own experience what do you believe is the most common kind of lie? How might you explain why your choice is the most common?  short answer assignments require you to write brief paragraph response to questions in your own words (5-7 sentences, excluding the direct quotations from the text)A good response will carefully analyze the text, offer textual evidence from the piece or pieces that will directly support your answer and will explain how this evidence supports your answer.