I mean, I just made the decision to quit lying years ago and haven’t encountered any situation I can recall where I felt lying would be helpful.
It’s probably possible to come up with contrived situations where lying is preferred, but I’m not convinced these situations occur in my life. (If I lived in North Korea I would not have the luxury of approaching my life in this way.)
That said: Kant’s dilemma is so contrived it’s practically useless. It assumes you can predict the future. Lying to a murderer might actually make things worse.
It’s probably possible to come up with contrived situations where lying is preferred, but I’m not convinced these situations occur in my life. (If I lived in North Korea I would not have the luxury of approaching my life in this way.)
That said: Kant’s dilemma is so contrived it’s practically useless. It assumes you can predict the future. Lying to a murderer might actually make things worse.
Sam Harris does talk about this dilemma in his essay on Lying if you’re interested in a more educated take: https://archive.org/details/pdfy-x4ByD3mMjIdTMC0H (page 13)