2007-03-18 16:09:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Thanks for the card 'fic h' that was very kind of you. Im not a coffee fan though, but thanks alot!
2007-03-18 16:42:00 · update #1
Nice words Paxico Trader...but when did I ask a question?
2007-03-18 17:17:51 · update #2
Well, I can't actually. Right and wrong are all creations of the human mind and, hence, subject to interpretation.
before humans, there was no right or wrong on earth. Now that there are humans, there is a distinction. So how can one assume some universal rule for such things?
2007-03-18 16:46:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Proof doesn't exist in morality (I assume by right and wrong you mean the moral kind, not the kind that applies to questions on a history exam). Proof only exists in mathematics and logic, because to say that something has been proven means that it is either mathematically or logically IMPOSSIBLE that it is false. This can't be true of anything except the abstract, including the statement that all humans are mammals (because it's not LOGICALLY impossible that a human could lay an egg tomorrow) or that the sun will come up tomorrow (because it's not LOGICALLY impossible for it not to).
If by your question you mean you want an explanation for how people justify their ethical views, that issue is VERY complicated. I find Aristotle's theory to be the most effective, though it is too vague for some to accept- action in accordance with virtue is right action. Honesty, humility, courage, temperance, fortitude, generosity, and compassion are some examples of virtues. If you fail to exhibit these in your action, you are acting wrongly, and vice versa. The flaw in this view is that some would disagree about what the virtuous thing to do is in a given situation. That is a legitimate objection to this theory, but the flaws in the other major moral theories are greater.
2007-03-18 23:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by IQ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know what's funny here? You're going to get a lot of answers from people saying that there is no such thing as right or wrong or that there no absolutes and if you just use your head for a few seconds you will realize that these very people are laying down absolutes!
I.E. they are saying "there are no absolutes!"
Well, isn't that an absolute? Isn't this person saying they are "right" about their denial of moral absolutes?
Now to your question.... The question itself provides the answer. Where do you get the idea that proof validates? Who decided that proof is the gold standard? I'm not saying proof is not a good and logical thing, but that you yourself have laid down another "absolute" when you demand proof for something.
You are telling us that if there isn't proof for a belief then that belief must be "wrong."
So basically, you prove that you yourself DO believe some things are right and some things are wrong. In your world, it is "wrong" to believe something if there is no tangible proof.
So you answered your own question.
2007-03-19 00:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a religious person the idea of wrong is an act that cannot be shared with everyone without feeling hesitation or getting an adverse social reaction.Right is its easily practiced and acceptable by most of the normal human being with conscientious.
2007-03-18 23:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by kalabalu 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you're "joshing," aren't you? There is no ABSOLUTE right or wrong. So, obviously, I have no need to prove anything. I believe someone once referred to some tribe that made soup of the organs of the recently deceased person. That was "right" for them. To embalm someone would be "wrong" for them. Judgments are totally subjective.
2007-03-18 23:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In order for there to be moral reasoning, there must be moral axioms. Axioms don't require proof: their self-evident nature is the basis of the proof of other things less obvious. See link.
2007-03-19 02:10:05 · answer #6 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets just say that if someone dropped you off in some random country and told you to take the first persons purse and run off. Most likely the person will get mad at you. There for it is wrong!
2007-03-18 23:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by The Helper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
right and wrong are relative concepts, no matter how much some may argue otherwise. right as i see it now is not right as you will see it now or right as i will see it in a month's time. my idea is not what you think it should be, and neither is it for many others.
2007-03-19 01:09:21 · answer #8 · answered by implosion13 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
right and wrong is a matter of pov and subjective..listen to wht ur heart tells you and not to the people around you..we all have different concepts of whats right and wrong..
my question is .....is there really right or wrong??
2007-03-18 23:33:59 · answer #9 · answered by arcaneuniverse 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-18 23:21:30 · answer #10 · answered by fic h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋