Is doing the right thing ,sometimes ,wrong?

Question

In life you sometimes have to lie and even cheat to get by.
In some situations you will learn to regret doing doing the right thing.
For example you may have to lie or cheat for your family and friends.
The wicked world we live in imposes this.
What do you think?

Answer 1

i think that u have right.we many times have to lie.i remember having lied for not hurting my friend. i told her that she had overheard sth her boyfriend had told another person.but i never regret doing sth.i believe that everything in life is an experience, either good or bad, but it has sth to teach us! that's besides the point, but I'd like to ask u: are u from Rumania? coz Mihai sounds like Romanian! please answer me!

Answer 2

You are morally weak but ethically strong.

You are taking a quasi Rawlsian approach to your problems, the greater good for the greater number.

You want to blame your decisions on the world, this is probably because from a macroeconomic perspective Rawlesian behavior is quite acceptable, it is socialist/communist.

If you want to do the right thing, you will do the right thing, regardless of the consequences. You will be the bad guy who stands up to the crowd even when the crowd is your own family and friends. You may regret having done so but that is because being ethical and being moral are not necessarily the same thing. Ethics is right and wrong. Morals is should and should not.
You are questioning your morals and not your ethics here.

As for the world, it is an amalgum of its citizenry and their morals and ethics. The more people who think a certain way, the more it seems that it is the right way, the moral way. You called it a "wicked world". Maybe so, but if it is; it is because the individuals in it don't care enough to be honest with one another, and that has lead them to distrust one another. It has all become one big game and everyone is a player.

If you want to screw up the game, don't play by the rules. Pretty soon, the game makes no sense, and: "the world", as you put it, will become a much better place. It is just a matter of caring first and thinking afterwords. Right and wrong and should have and shouldn't have will still be there when you are done; they just won't be the same as they once were. They'll be better.

Answer 3

Most of those want to lead a faithful life pass through these type of experiences. But, you are set to do the right things not the wrong. The situations you explained are the test points to make yourself know how straight you are in your path.

The world is wicked but you are not called to be wicked.

My opinion is: You do the right thing only....

Answer 4

i think it is by way of our ego are "self" thinking we are able to out clever, wreck out with and dupe everyone and each little thing so the different unfavourable components of the human character all feed off this. The greed element with make us scouse borrow, the envy will make us kill, and the satisfaction all mixed jointly do away with rational concept and without attention of the attainable outcomes many human beings act. with the aid of assessing what could desire to be the end results of our strikes and if the outcomes out weighed the component to benefit then we'd have much less human beings doing undesirable issues to a minimum of one yet another. regrettably we've this in opposite the place even the loss of life penalty is a reward for the life a number of those human beings have had.

Answer 5

there is in law a thing called equity, which in law means adjusting the rules to fit the particular circumstances - rules are general they can only go so far in stating what is right - we have to judge in particular cases whether the rule applies or not - just rigidly following rules without consulting the heart is called phariseeism, and jesus criticised it strongly - quite rightly - the overriding rule is the golden rule: is this course of action going to maximise my happiness? eg, am i going to injure or hurt someone and they are consequently going to injure me

[we have maximal injury in the world: 1% take 90% of world income - US$70 trillion a year - they certainly dont do 90% of the work - they do less than 1% of the work - extreme injustice [theft of money, which meets all vital needs, and millions of wants], generating extreme violence, ruining everyone's happiness - violence is a fast traveller]

Answer 6

Whether an action is right or wrong depends not only on the action but on the circumstances. For example, telling the absolute truth shows honesty sometimes. Other times, it shows poor judgment.

Answer 7

You can bet that doing the right thing is sometimes wrong.
All because "Perception is reality".
So every time you do what is right in your eyes may be wrong
to the person you try to help.
BUT---keep doing what you think is right. You have to look at yourself in the mirror .

Answer 8

Some times reaching the goal in the right way is important. You consider what to do to reach the goal. Is it important that your action in this is good or bad? Do you have to reach your goal at any cost? - or can you move yourself in a way so that the way you reach your goal is being done in a nice way. What matters to you?

Answer 9

that depends upon the system wher you live, in a good system doing right things is right only, but if you are living In a bad system doing right things is wrong. " Be Roman in Rome"

Answer 10

If a wrong action is right for the right reasons then it is actually not wrong.