Clearly it was for a not insignificant portion of the population given that mostly of what you described are and have been historically considered negative things. Prevailing morality of the time may have been X, but Y happening that is not X does not disprove the statement.
Furthermore, if anything, your examples demonstrates that in a society that is based on trust and good faith to moderate interpersonal activity, the Liar is King.
Until we start making life exceedingly difficult to the Liar in proportion to the damage they can cause, which I don't necessarily believe anyone has the civic/political appetite for, we'll be stuck in this never-ending cycle of problem creation/remediation ad nauseam to the exclusion of pretty much all else.
It's a very mentally taxing train of thought to process through unfortunately.
Furthermore, if anything, your examples demonstrates that in a society that is based on trust and good faith to moderate interpersonal activity, the Liar is King.
Until we start making life exceedingly difficult to the Liar in proportion to the damage they can cause, which I don't necessarily believe anyone has the civic/political appetite for, we'll be stuck in this never-ending cycle of problem creation/remediation ad nauseam to the exclusion of pretty much all else.
It's a very mentally taxing train of thought to process through unfortunately.