Etymologically, the word Honesty comes from the Latin "honestitas" which means honor, honesty and dignity, as virtues that characterize people oriented by respect for good manners, moral principles and values, and respect for the property of others; who maintain firmness, probity and ethics in their words and in their practice.

In Philosophical terms, Honesty is an intrinsic and inalienable human quality for those who possess it; which is to act with coherence, as you think, say, feel, do and omit, in a fair, true, straight, courageous, honest and honorable.

In the human reality, the Honesty is characterized by honesty, probity, rectitude of mind and integrity with which we proceed in everything that is acted upon, respecting the norms, laws and social customs that are considered correct and adequate.

That is to say, whoever practices Honesty as a virtue can not be an eclectic, ambiguous person, of multiple morals or of dubious reputation, just as one can not be honest to accuse and dishonest to act; since Honesty is a constant, continuous and perennial action to avoid appropriating what does not belong to us, as well as being attached to the truth, acting with decency, probity, modesty, truthfulness, real reasoning, altruism and justice.

According to the philosophy prevailing in the West, Honesty is based on the fulfillment of a series of obligations as virtues of rectitude, opposed to pragmatism, utilitarianism, fanaticism, pleasure, passion, pain, needs and the irrational. These obligations are:

.- Honor: is the obligation to maintain the glory based on the good reputation that follows virtue, merit or heroic actions, and the moral quality for the fulfillment of one's duties towards one's neighbor and oneself, and in function of fulfilling what is said as a pledged word, without justifications or excuses.

.- Prudence: is the temperance, caution, moderation, good sense and good judgment that should be in compliance with the obligation to discern and distinguish with the truth, what is good to follow or bad to omit or flee from it.

.- Honesty: is the obligation to maintain the rectitude of mind and integrity in the feeling, think, speak and act.

.- Wisdom: is the obligation to discover the truth that liberates, to distinguish good acts from bad and knowledge in general.

.- Truth: it is the obligation of conformity of what is said with what one feels or thinks and according to the judgment or proposition that can not be denied rationally.

.- Justice and beneficence: is the obligation to maintain the union and fair society among human beings, both to not harm and to serve others, in compliance with our duties and respect for the rights of others.

.- Integrity: it is the obligation to feel, think, speak and act with rectitude, probity and in an irreproachable manner.

.- Strength: is the obligation to maintain the greatness and excellence of the mind to think, speak and perform the actions that correspond.

.- Courage: it is the obligation to speak and act with the truth, according to what one feels and thinks, and being able to risk doing so despite the danger and the possible fear that it arouses.

.- Temperance: is the obligation to maintain order, moderation and consistency of words and actions.

.- Dignity: it is the obligation to act correspondingly with the truth and proportionate to merit.

For Oriental Philosophy Honesty is one of the most important values of a healthy personality both with itself and with its environment and with its peers. In this way, they understand Honesty as the actions carried out by a person in order to build the ideal society, designed to fulfill their desires, admitting that gratification or benefit is sought, and showing feelings with sincerity, to be more predictable, friendly and pleasant.

Coupled with the above, Honesty is based on goodness and the moral principle of justice, based on reciprocity and on our own obligations and duties. Similarly, morality is based on empathy and understanding of others and moral standards, granted by some divinity and with the categorical imperative to treat the inferior as you would like your superiors to treat you.

Likewise, Honesty is the duty to choose not to feel, not to think, not to say or do anything that could sully the honor or reputation of the family; contemplating virtue based on harmony with others, and accepting that we are all at the mercy of other people.

Philosophically, Honesty is directly related to perfection, and as no one is perfect, hardly a human being can be 100% Honest, because nothing and nobody is perfect or "chemically pure"; therefore, we only have to "work" with Honesty in our own perspectives, feelings, thoughts, words, actions and omissions to try to be more honest every day.

In this sense, we should avoid as far as possible judging with harshness the Honesty of our fellowmen; on the contrary, we must judge ourselves in the most objective and honest way possible, but not to self-destruct with guilt, complex or justification; we must do it to correct, to improve ourselves daily and try to improve based on our rational and true analyzes.

Remember that "with the rod that you measure you will be measured" and "whoever is free from sins will throw the first stone".