Creating thoughts into belief and then attempting to impose them on others, or, assuming others to share or accept one's own concepts of expectation, what's up with that?
Why can't I always seem to stop myself?
2006-07-31 15:05:45 · 7 answers · asked by jonas_tripps_79 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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For children, the lesson learned from breaking something is a slapped hand. But as we progress in life, the hand slaps never really end. If a person does something wrong at his/ her place of employment, they get their hand slapped by being reprimanded or fired. The mind is a strange thing, never forgetting the lessons of right and wrong.
2006-07-31 19:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i will gladly be the first to say that the idea of "whats right for you may not be right for me" dose not make logical sense. i dont know if youve ever heard about the concept of 'absolute truth,' but it IS a logical concept stating that there are moral truths. there are some things that are right and some things that are wrong reguardless of who you are. heres an example:
someone makes the statement: abortion is wrong.
now, they are either wrong or they are right. one or the other, not both. if you disagree, then consider the following
someone makes the statement: there are exactly 1,847,947,028,948 stars in the universe.
now they are either wrong or they are right. one or the other, not both. it dosent matter if you believe that there are 1,847,947,028,948 stars in the universe or not. it dose not change the number of stars in the universe
people wanna believe that everyone is right in their moral beliefs but its just not logical. someone is gonna be wrong. no sugar coating.
2006-07-31 22:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by BigFish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right and wrong are purely human constructs. As such, they vary from person to person and from culture to culture. (And from religion to religion, despite those who think there's a single, divinity-based definition.)
Still, that doesn't mean that they're not important. We as a society come to a general consensus as to what's good & evil, and this consensus is what our laws are based on. As the consensus changes, so do the laws: as most people no longer see homosexuality as such a terrible evil, sodomy laws have largely been overturned, as one example.
2006-07-31 22:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong and right are as easy to me as left and right. So, therefore I believe that these ideals exist only to certain people.
2006-08-01 11:52:24 · answer #4 · answered by tiger_skratch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong and right is learned ..your parents or whom ever instill their values in you and you go from there..what is right for one person may be wrong to the next..so there is really no wrong or right ..it lies within people differently
2006-07-31 22:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but I think it's wrong, unlike others, that if someone hates me because I'm white it isn't being racist, but if I hate someone black, that's predjudice.
2006-07-31 22:18:50 · answer #6 · answered by Writer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do exist, but they're different for each person.
2006-07-31 22:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by abc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋