2007-01-28 15:34:17 · 17 answers · asked by Holly G 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Feelings don't define right and wrong. Just because something "feels right" doesn't mean it is.
2007-01-31 07:27:48 · answer #1 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An interesting question, the answer is yes. Lets take for example the execution of a prisoner who has been tried and convicted (and who did it) of a heinous act. You may feel good in delivering the justice to that individual, however there are some indisputable facts.
One, you have killed another person, no matter what they have done it has been decided by just about every community through out history that you have no right to kill another.
Two, you have gained pleasure from that persons death. No matter what that criminal has done, if you gain pleasure from the death of that person you have committed a crime much worse than they could ever have done.
Three, the point of no return. Once you have taken the life of another you have cheapened your life and the life of everyone who you hold dear. You can never go back and do it over again.
There are those out there who do feel good while killing (in criminal way) another person. Normally these people have mental or emotional scares and conditions that create such feelings. This is not to say that the act of killing for them is not wrong but that they require a different handling technique.
So to answer your question, yes it is wrong to kill another at anytime whether it feels right or not. Hope this helps.
2007-01-28 15:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by Arthur N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is OK if you are talking about killing people in a video game where nobody is actually getting hurt. That is all well and good, nothing wrong with it whatsoever. I enjoy killing massive amounts of people on an almost daily basis in the online PS2 game "Battlefield 2."
But outside of the world of video games, I would say you need to get some professional help to find out why you are such a fricking waste of human skin for having even asked such a stupid question.
2007-01-28 19:16:17 · answer #3 · answered by soulfire_7_7_7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human beings are set apart from the rest of living matter in that the only reason less-developed animals kill is to survive. Humans have a conscience as part of their more highly developed brains. It is wrong to kill another human being unless they are about to kill you or someone nearby first.
If it feels right while you are killing someone, you have a serious mental problem and other people need to be protected from you while professionals try to cure you of it.
2007-01-28 16:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by Casperia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is an extreme apparition of the right/wrong concept divided. If it feels to kill people is right other party will call it wrong and out of this "wrong" will kill too....It is not right or wrong it is killing from both sides..., for right and wrong appeared simultaneously...and cannot exist one without other...Same thing happen with egg and a chicken...Once upon of a time man declare him self to be right...right away surrounding felt themselves diminished, for it means that they are wrong and butcher shop was open without closing for centuries..its still.widely open now....welcome
2007-01-28 15:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by Oleg B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only a psychopath would feel 'right while killing people'.
Of course killing people IS WRONG!!!
2007-01-28 15:50:50 · answer #6 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as right and wrong. I believe in science, and science dictates that there is no true boundary between the two. So, I think that killing is whatever you think it is. I follow the social inhibitions we all do, and believe in capital punishment.
2007-01-28 16:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by sothisislife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is wrong no matter how it feels, actus reus and mens rhea.
Guilty Act, Guilty Mind no matter what you are feeling, sure there's diminished responsibility pleas but the law and the courts are not saying what you did was right, it doesn't matter no one has a right to take another living, brething , thinking person's life away
2007-01-28 19:53:00 · answer #8 · answered by phantasmagoriajewellery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because something feels right doesn't mean it is morally right... your talking about humanism "if it feels good do it"... that is the basis for the unraveling of the moral fabric of society... the beginning of total chaos
2007-01-28 16:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you brushed your teeth? If you spent half as much time doing your homework as you do on the computer than your grades would be better. Dont forget the night light. You are scared of the dark. Perhaps one day you'll grow out of that too.
2007-01-28 15:54:16 · answer #10 · answered by joshua 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋