Always, never, and only are some of the most powerful words we know.
What would the world be like?
2007-08-28 13:28:41 · 12 answers · asked by Sin™ 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I’ve always been comfortable with the notion that nothing in this world is rendered in complete black and white. There are many instances when I like the grey. The Grey to me represents flexibility in our thinking processes, where the mind is always open for the possibility that what seems wrong on the outset might turn out to be right after all, or vice versa.
If the world is rendered to only black and white, how absolutely rigid everything would be. With the diversity and differences that exist with the world population, there would certainly be constant global strife, where everyone from one cultural background would be unable to tolerate the ideologies of another.
On a more local context, the justice system would suffer too. Imagine not being able to defend one killing in self-defense; if killing is wrong in absolution, then it’s definitely the electric chair or something, regardless the reason behind it.
And free will would also be almost nonexistent.
Really, I wouldn’t want to live in a world like that. I’d be looking for ways to survive on the moon, then!
2007-08-28 15:41:32 · answer #1 · answered by shahrizat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like in fairy tales. Haven't you notices that fairy tales only deal with right and wrong. Never almost right. The hero is always right and the villain is always wrong.
Wouldn't we be just robots. That is how robots see the world. This is right. This is wrong. Nothing in between.
The world would have to be based on logic because emotions would be so unclear to figure out if they are right or wrong.
In such a world you could have only one decider of what is right and what is wrong. Everybody else would be followers.
2007-08-28 20:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by Zack 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There wouldn't be anything to connect the shadows and sunlight. No shades, no grays, no "buts" and "ifs". No conditionals, no suprises, no midpoints, no half-*** jobs, no mulattos, moral or ethical questions and quandaries...
Essentially, in such a world of absolutes, you've ruled out expressions of doubt and reflections on ambiguities. You've ruled out philosophy and and power of theories.
2007-08-28 20:37:06 · answer #3 · answered by Pansy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would probably be like the mess we see in Iraq, where all are so brainwashed that freedom of thought is not allowed.
All life must be the proscribed way, or "death to the infidel!"
Humans beings are
created with the power to reason, think, consider and choose. Thank God we are able to have these blessing here, despite the horrible things going on in our cities, crime, perverts, etc.
2007-08-28 20:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by Lee H 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Status Quo - Republicans & Democrats.
2007-08-28 20:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GREAT====If everyone believed in God and agreed to His commandments, there would be NO problems, but He didn't promise us there wouldn't be problems in our lives, we will have hard times and pain in life. That is life.
2007-08-28 21:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by lana s 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
inequality ,hipocricy,injustive .wars and the like because what you have told is an errors in logic
2007-08-28 20:47:11 · answer #7 · answered by preliminary thinker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything can already be put on either side in this world.
2007-08-28 20:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by shmux 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think we would all be like clones, with no individuality born within us, as its that, to me, that makes the gray area,
2007-08-28 20:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by dlin333 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this would suck cause whenever i did something wrong there was some kind of right in it
2007-08-28 20:38:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋