If you know it is wrong, but you do it anyway, and then you don't feel bad about it, does that make it OK to do it?
Why wouldn't it bother you?
2006-12-28 12:33:56 · 17 answers · asked by martiismyname 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It should still bother you a little bit...otherwise you're known as a sociopath.
2006-12-28 12:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by Greg S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can get away with doing small bad things like pushing a close friend around without feeling guilty when it is within a certain limit of acceptability. However, for the most part, when I feel that something is a wrong, I simply can't do it.
If you know something is a wrong, you do it and don't feel bad about it, I'd say you should think about it for a good long time to understand why you don't feel bad. Perhaps if you can't work out a way to understand why you don't feel bad within reason, then you may want to see a mental health professional, as this is not a good thing at all.
And not feeling bad about something that you know is a wrong, absolutely doesn't give you the right to commit the wrong!
2006-12-28 23:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by oneclassicmaiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your definition of wrong. I have always felt that each person must find what truths or actions are right and appropriate for them. If your action did not hurt another person or thing mentally, physically, or financially then I believe you are fine with your action.
On the other hand I do find that it is sometimes justifiable and right action to hurt another person physically, emotionally, or financially if they truly deserve whatever treatment they recieve.
I can not answer your question directly because I do not know what your specific action is and who would find it to be wrong. All I can suggest is to really ponder every angle and when you have exhausted all possible actions and outcomes, decide what is best for you.
As Aristotle said "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it." Use your mind, see the other point of view. Argue from both sides and leave with something you feel comfortable with.
I know personally I disagree with many of the accepted ideas and traditions of this world and I live my life according to how I feel it should be lived so long as I do not impede on the life of others. That said, if I were to come across the child traffickers in Mexico or if someone ever caused serious and malicious harm to my children I would then impede on their lives.
That is my own personal decision and I would live with any and all consequences of such a decision. I do not try to sway a person either way. It is up to each person to decide and decipher their own mind.
2006-12-28 21:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by nhrideordie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no philosopher. Here's what I think...If you know it is wrong, but you do it anyway and don't feel bad about...does not change the fact that it is still wrong. Wrong is always wrong and right is always right (at least in this situation it is). It probably does not bother you because 1. you have probably convinced yourself with reasons as to why it was not wrong and why it was for a good cause. 2. your brain has probably processed it as a norm...possibly because this "wrong thing" has been done a countless amount of times. 3. although, it may not appear to bother you...it probably does but...just not instantly...or just not in a way that you notice...who knows?...maybe the ppl around you notice it...
2006-12-28 21:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by nyadastar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I suppose I do. We all do. But there are varying degrees of wrong. It is wrong to eat a grape in the grocery store. But I have. And I don't feel guilty :)
Some would argue that it is stealing, but whatever. If your actions cause hurt to anyone else, though, you should certainly refrain from doing the action, right? Simple common sense.
2006-12-28 20:55:31 · answer #5 · answered by JaneDivided 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... it could be either that is wrong to other people and not you.. Like when you are underage and drink alcohol... you know your mom thinks it's wrong, but you don't believe so... If YOU know is wrong, and have no guilty thoughts at all, then yes, as someone said, you are a sociopath, that could be in many degrees
2006-12-28 20:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by gerardo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, if I do something I know is wrong (I am talking a major something that effects others, not parking in a no parking zone), I feel very bad. I have trouble justifying to myself what I have done. This is a morals and ethics issue I suppose.
GOD BLESS YOU
2006-12-28 21:11:07 · answer #7 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are taught what is socially right and wrong, but you have to develop your own sense of morals. When you finally do, you can test the morals of society and will find that even though yours do not fit perfectly into the mold of right or wrong, they are closely related.
2006-12-28 20:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by birdablaze 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. Conscience follows eveytime you do something wrong then it makes you feel bad
2006-12-28 21:20:54 · answer #9 · answered by Tander 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My conscience is an intellectual conscience. It is not based on morality, right or wrong, but is according to my individual taste.
Change the way you think, become a radical individualist and it will no longer bother you either. It doesn't appeal to my self-interest to think amd feel that way.
2006-12-28 20:39:05 · answer #10 · answered by marc_adams18 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋