2006-10-16 01:48:52 · 17 answers · asked by Ms. Roxie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Suppose you're making a drawing, and you make a mistake, and then cover it up with another mistake, but the first and second mistakes combined create a more interesting effect than doing it right would have. You might never have got to the better appearance if you had done it "right" to begin with.
2006-10-16 01:53:12 · answer #1 · answered by moore850 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No two wrongs make two wrongs. But sometimes they end up in the same result where you would have ended if things were right.
5+4=8 Wrong
8-2=7 Wrong
So 5+4-2=8-2=7 Double Wrong
I would say that the phrase "two wrongs make a right" should be "Sometimes two wrongs can get you lucky".
2006-10-16 03:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by Divra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are arguing this based on opinion towards righteous killings etc and that even though it's held to be "wrong" to kill someone, simply because they have themselves killed (another "wrong") makes their subsequent "wrong"; "right".
I disagree.
To be "right" takes more than subjective reasoning; it is instead a matter of an altruistic moral stance on what is "right"/"good" and what is "wrong"/"evil". I would therefore argue that, although i don't disagree with the fact that murderers, rapists, paedophiles etc are subject to a "moral loophole" (insofar as it seems "right" to commit a "wrong" against them), it is still only a subjective viewpoint.
Therefore, I don't think that this counts - as killing someone, no matter who or what they are, can never be considered a "right".
To be honest...i can't think of any instances where committing a "wrong" will cancel out another "wrong"...so no, i don't think they ever make a "right".
2006-10-16 02:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here, wrongs should not be mistaken for errors or mistakes. Wrong in this context means whatever is legally or morally not allowed. There are no possible situations, including judicial death sentence, where two wrongs can make a right.
This is one value we can not change by our modernity or imagination or as suitable for a situation.
2006-10-16 02:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two people are married and they both have affairs. After finding out about eachother playing around they have a big fight where they realize where they have both been going wrong all this time. They realize how much they do actually love eachother and decide to make another go of it to save their marriage. They've done the right thing by eachother in the end!!
2006-10-16 01:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In physics & maths, two negatives make a positive, but in life itself, when you're wrong, trying to undo it by doing wrong again helps neither yourself nor the situation or the person concerned.
2006-10-16 07:17:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Affirmative Action
2006-10-16 02:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My partner and I were both in other relationships when we met each other. We didnt start 'seeing' each other whilst still 'attached', but both chose to leave our respective partners, thereby inflicting hurt and pain on those who loved us. Was it wrong to give up those relationships for something we only thought we wanted? possibly. But we have been together for 5yrs now and it feels like the most 'right' thing I have ever done.
2006-10-16 01:56:10 · answer #8 · answered by Pington 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i cannot think of two morally or ethically wrong actions thae givea morally or ethically right end result.
If you do something wrong you have to correct it by doing the right thing. Not trying to find another wrong thing to do justify the first wrong action.
mistakes are not accounted for.
Do the right thing, do it right the first time, bring peace and happiness to this world.
2006-10-16 02:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by vinod s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In mathematics.
For example
-1 x -1 = +1
2006-10-17 03:20:13 · answer #10 · answered by paul_t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋