Should people be or do anything other than who they are or what they do.?

Question

What is the basis of right and wrong? Do you think that if more people realized what right and wrong is that there might be less rules, laws, and governance attempting to limit action and more deliberate effort to prevent undesirable action by motivating positively as a preventative measure. In other words shift focus from negative to positive. Does anyone even agree with any of this.

Why am I asking this here on the internet? Am I just plain stupid?
I don't have an answer yet for that.

I don't know...

Miscellaneus ponderings.

Futile in nature....Most likely.

I want to clarify what I mean by saying "what right and wrong is". I don't mean literally what IS right and what IS wrong. I mean, rather, where does right and wrong or morality really reside.

Secondly the title question is somewhat rhetorical. You may say that there is no "should" , but there are plenty of other people , quite possibly the majority of people, that say there is and adhere to it.
The laws written in this culture are , in fact, based on what people "should" do. Yet people break the law all the time. So what I say is the only thing that people should do is what they do. Nothing more, nothing less. That is the implication of the question.

Answer 1

Really, what you are asking is "What is the basis of truth?"

Plato asked this question and failed to answer it.

It is answered here, in the "Essay," and many other things besides:

http://members.cox.net/b2fnow/Articles%20-%20Contents.htm

Answer 2

"should" is a loaded term. if there is no universal morality (you'll have to decide that for yourself), right and wrong are based upon self interest, or, in utopia (literally, "nowhere"), public interest. if a homicidal maniac is allowed to be who s/he is, it would inconvenience some, and they'd, likely, want to put a stop to it. positive reinforcement is a VERY good idea, as negative reinforcement has been shown, conclusively, to be considerably less effective (how many murderers have been stopped by the death penalty?), and may, in certain situations (many situations, it seems), merely make the offending behaviour worse (for those seeking any attention, negative or positive). this is the most reasonable question i've seen asked, in YA's philo section, tonight, and people may even be able to give useful and/or interesting replies to it (as opposed to the number of people, tonight, essentially asking, "why?"). i hope this has been one.

Answer 3

-the basis of what is right or wrong, is the individuals conviction/perspective,

-there is nothing wrong looking at things/ideas/concept from another view

-is this really a communication network that connects to other networks around the world?

-are we being controlled by them?

-NO, you are not stupid, i think you're just in pursuit of a general
understanding of knowledge, which is natural,

Futile in nature......Most UN-likely.

Answer 4

I think people knowing right from wrong , wouldn't make any difference , because may people do things they know r wrong .

without rules and law , life will be paradise to these people and we will be suffering from their wrong actions.

Answer 5

I think that many people know right from wrong and i think that mnay people do not care. The drug dealers and people who molest children, deep down they know what they are doing is wrong but they can't or won't stop.

Answer 6

>>Should people be or do anything other than who they are or what they do.?<<

You're asking this to a bunch of people who use pseudonyms and drawings or fake pictures of themselves? Avatars may not be the best bunch to ask that question to....

Answer 7

There is no "should"..

:-)