2006-07-08 11:38:14 · 9 answers · asked by onesickchick 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It depends on the circumstances and situation I think. Such as euthanasia, is it wrong to kill someone to put them out of their misery when there is no hope of their recovery? It depends on our own consciences as to whether we thing this is right or wrong. Personally I think it's the kind thing to do, just as you put a dog or cat that you love down when you know they are suffering without hope of recovery... but it's controversial... there are a lot of grey areas in life, where under certain circumstances people can believe fully in their hearts, that doing something, normally thought of as wrong, can be ok. Or the opposite, something that you think it would be right is not right... Such as the early white settlers of Australia taking the aboriginal children from their parents and trying to bring them up instilled with the values the white people believe in... They believed they were doing the right thing for these children, but the parents of them would no doubt have not agreed with that view. So yes, in some circumstances it depends on the situation and also on what others judge is the right and wrong behaviour.
2006-07-08 11:54:07 · answer #1 · answered by Jill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the concept of right and wrong are fictions that humans conceived of to control the behavior of others. Other answers have raised a lot of controversial issues, but I think this discussion would be better served by the clear-cut cases.
The vast majority of people would say murder is wrong. But this is mostly due to those persons' ethical instincts which the concept of murder naturally offends. Murder is "wrong" because it generally serves no productive purpose in society but carries many negative consequences, such as the emotional distress of family and friends, economic costs in estate administration, and so on. You say that the murder of a 9 year old girl is wrong and nobody can generally disagree. But murder is a legal term for the killing of another human being. So if you kill an 80 year old murderer, rapist, and child molester, people become conflicted because they see a productive purpose in the killing, e.g. you eliminate the possibility that this individual will cause more harm to society by hurting other people. That is murder, but is it "wrong"? Depends on who you ask.
2006-07-08 20:37:56 · answer #2 · answered by Mr.Samsa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some rights and wrongs are relative to the culture in which these values are being exercised. For example, in most parts of America, polygamy is considered wrong. In some parts of the Middle East, polygamy is A-OK. Who gets to decide whether one way is right, one way is wrong, or each is OK within their particular context? That being said, there are a very few truths that should be considered right or wrong universally. For example, murder is never right. Screwing your sister, again, never right. Why? Think about the implications of these kinds of actions on the community as a whole - murder is a violation of another person's fundamental right to exist, incest is bad for the gene pool. There, you begin to see the differences between what's relative and what's not.
2006-07-08 18:47:57 · answer #3 · answered by eljonez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always depends who your talking to and what your talking about.... whether its an issue of morals or how someone should live their life, your not going to get a yes/no (right/wrong) answer out of anyone really
2006-07-08 18:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by KteeK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each person has their view of right and wrong. Abortion is a big right/wrong. Some peope think its right and other people think its wrong. Really its all up to the individual person.
2006-07-08 18:41:57 · answer #5 · answered by Marilynne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well right is right/wrong is wrong if it's all fact-based (such as arguing about johnny depp playing in Pirates of the Caribbean... he does so if someone argues this they're wrong), but if it's an opinion then no, right isn't right/wrong isn't wrong (such as someone thinking Johnny Depp is hot... well if someone else thinks he isn't... then wrong isn't wrong).
Hope that makes sense! lol
2006-07-08 18:42:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're looking at it from an atheist or scientific point of view, it's all individualistic.
If you're looking at it from a religious point of view, one way is right, and one way is wrong.
2006-07-08 18:46:53 · answer #7 · answered by Stephen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right is right and wrong is wrong. by definition, right can't be wrong and wrong can't be right.
2006-07-08 18:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by sophie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to each his own
2006-07-08 18:40:10 · answer #9 · answered by lime_yyy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋