Is there a such thing as right and wrong?

Question

How can we be sure what is right and wrong if there is? Do you use a moral guide such as the Bible, a system such as utilitarianism, another method or do you believe there is no such thing?

Answer 1

I decide for myself what is right and wrong. If I don't choose wisely, I could end up in jail, friendless, penniless or dead. So far so good! You live and learn.

Answer 2

Every human being is born with a sense of right and wrong.

That natural instinct has nothing to do with god or any other "system".

Can certain environmental circumstances, like upbringing, and a whole host of others influence/change that natural instinct, absolutely. Some of us are born with mental illness, which no doubt can affect this inborn sense of right and wrong.

It doesn't change the fact that all humans are born with an inherent sense of right and wrong. It doesn't come from anywhere it's part of evolution, just like a bear instinctively knows when it's time to hibernate. Like the birds know when it's time to fly south for the winter........

How that instinct is nurtured within an individual literally depends on the individual.

Answer 3

According to the bible, Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil - so we're supposed to objectively know right from wrong...

Which we don't. We can't objectively know right from wrong. Our opinions and concepts are always subjective. Right from wrong or anything else.

Also, from that same story of Adam and Eve you can judge that right and wrong are being viewed as a constant and objective.

In fact, what is right for one person is wrong for another. Even the rights and wrongs in the bible are based on someone's subjective opinion.


So there is no such thing as right and wrong. We just try to hurt our fellow humans as little as possible, I suppose.

Answer 4

There is right and wrong if there is a moral standard that can be used to judge an act.

There are different moral standards people use. Some are good, some are not so good.

The most commonly used is the moral standards found in the Bible. It has something to do with man's relationship with God, with his fellowmen, and with the physical world.

Answer 5

i think the comparable innovations of the translation of no authentic meaning, fee or definition to authentic or incorrect. For there is not any such element as authentic or incorrect. even if many have self belief there is and hit upon it as such. All it somewhat is...is yet another failed concept interior the international and in existence.

Answer 6

Of course there are principles by which ethical decisions are made. But be aware that every rule has an exception. It is necessary to gather all the facts you can, weigh the various values to yourself and to others, and make ethical decisions using logic and reason.

The general principles: honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, patience, things like that. We can all think of circumstances that would constitute exceptions, or at least where the value may not be where it appears to be at first glance, so a commitment to thoughtful decision-making has to be considered an ethical principle in itself.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

biological utilitarianism

Evolution of our ability to observe cause and effect relationshipsset the groundwork, societal expectations and personal experience advance the ideas, but the principle is the same. Maximize happiness.

Answer 9

No, only opinion.

I assert that there is no God.

Without a God, no absolute moral standard can be achieved - you can only follow the current moral ideals which are perceived to be right.

Answer 10

Right and wrong was understood when Adam and Eve fell. Before that there was no wrong