What is your take on this statement and why?
2006-09-17 11:46:32 · 14 answers · asked by kickinupfunf 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Only the situation can decide whether it is
Right to do the right thing at the right time,
Wrong thing to do the right thing at the right time,
Right thing to do the wrong thing at the right time,
Wrong thing to do the wrong thing at the right time,
Right thing to do the right thing at the wrong time,
OR,
Wrong thing to do the right thing at the wrong time !
2006-09-18 02:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who's defining right and wrong? This, from the top, is difficult to make a blanket statement. Right over here, could be wrong over there. If you think in terms of situation ethics, as I do...I don't worry about it. I'll work it out when it appears.
2006-09-17 12:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by Grody Jicama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the right thing has to be done at the right time.
Sometimes timing is off and even though it was right the thing that was done. It makes no difference because the timing of it was wrong. So it didn;t matter
2006-09-17 11:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by gerilynn35 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it were the right thing then there would never be a wrong time- would there.
2006-09-17 12:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by ~♥ L ♥~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the right thing is done at the wrong time it is never right.
2006-09-17 11:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by Said 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT COULD BE THE RIGHT THING BUT AT THE WRONG MOMENT BUT IF IT DOESN'T BENEFIT YOU THEN HOW IS IT THE RIGHT THING, SAME AS SOME SAYING YOU WERE AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME . IT MAKES YOU SIT AND THINK WHY
2006-09-17 11:53:29 · answer #6 · answered by Brea Mac 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
any righteous deed committed at any time is righteous... when is no essence, why is. the purpose of so doing is to give realization of what is true at that very moment. perception of one must depend on why it has been done, not when should it be done....
2006-09-17 15:05:01 · answer #7 · answered by VeRDuGo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you pick the wrong time to do what is right...then it is not right.
timing is everything when you have do do what is right.
2006-09-17 11:53:21 · answer #8 · answered by lovephoto 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree, there is a time and place for everything and its important to respect that
2006-09-17 11:55:56 · answer #9 · answered by booky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right thing is always right thing. hence right or wrong time does not matter.
2006-09-17 11:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by prince47 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋