You could say murder is wrong. But what if you were protecting your family? Or stealing is wrong but then again maybe you need to feed your children. Is there anything which you think is wrong with no exeptions?
2006-10-23 21:39:19 · 8 answers · asked by SR13 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
its all perspective... in the eye of the beholder.
so can it be factually wrong or right? I dont think so. if it can be different to each person, it isnt a constant, and therefore not a real attribute, more of a construct.
there are always exeptions to any rule, especially when we are wrong
2006-10-23 21:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by SAINT G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are absolutes in the world. There is a right, and a wrong. Basically, it comes down to the Natural Rights articulated by John Locke" All human beings are born with the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Whenever someone does something which denies these rights to someone, then a wrong has been committed.
Obviously, though, everyone's rights must be balanced against each other by an unbiased entity (government).
Don't get bogged down in semantics. Killing in self defense is not murder. Murder is the intentional taking of a life.
2006-10-24 04:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by tahunajcw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The older I get, the more I tend to see the grey areas. When I was young, I was told all about right and wrong, and I believed it, until I got out in the world and saw that things aren't as cut-and-dried as people would like to believe. Take almost any ethical situation, and you can find ways of explaining away the "wrongness" of it. The only possible exception I can think of offhand is pedophilia or any other non-consensual sexual act.
2006-10-24 04:44:09 · answer #3 · answered by thaliax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Messengers of the One True God set up the clear standards of absolute right and wrong. But we human beings are on all sides of right, wrong, grey, mixed, confused and so on and so forth!
We cannot find two men on earth who agree on any words. Take for example the word 'murder'. You say you can murder for protecting your family. Another man may say he can murder for protecting his country, his race, his freedom, his possessions, his all things. Another may say he had no intention to do it. Still another may say how can we tolerate the robbers, the racists, the terrorists, the liars, the bastards...
Then how?!
I think that, finally, each man will decide what is right by his own brain, or by another power that he cannot reject. For myself, I choose the second option, and the power I surrender to is the Messenger of God for this age of human maturity.
2006-10-24 05:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think some things are black and some are white, but mostly things are rainbow. I think God see`s things rainbow too, because everyone and every situation is unique.
For example, I am profoundly against abortion, but I understand that I can`t know everyones background as to why they have done it. ie: Some people put their life at risk going ahead with a pregnancy. Do I want them to risk their life for another not yet born?
So things are alot more rainbow / grey than many people tend to think in my opinion.
2006-10-24 04:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible to look at things that way - as black or white - but, in every situation, there is most definitely a wrong or a right thing to do. It's wrong to knock an elderly person down in the street just for the sheer thrill of it, but it would be right to knock them down to keep them from stepping in front of a speeding truck. We all have to depend on our own consciences to guide us, don't we?
2006-10-24 04:42:36 · answer #6 · answered by dingobluefoot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that is grey area i think abortion has no acceptions i would not have no matter if i was going to die or not. i say that because that baby has no choice what happens i do so i would rather have the baby a chance to live bc i had my chance and i would of lived a full and wonderful life and if i had to die for anthor young one to come into the world then so be it and even if it came from rape i would not kill it bc that is not the baby fault that the guy did that so why punsih an innocent baby for.
2006-10-24 04:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by knowssignlanguage 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on whether or not you accept absolutes or not. For most people who believe in God, God is an absolute so therefore right and wrong are absolutes.
I Cr 13;8a
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2006-10-24 04:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋