how do you judge right from wrong ?

Question

on what basis do you judge ?

social
religious
humanitarian
...your own...??
what

Answer 1

I don't judge right and wrong. There are only actions. 'Right and Wrong' do not exist. They are merely judgements that people make and they change from one individual to the next.

I make decisions about the merit of a situation based on my empirical observation. My opinion is the result of how much I agree or disagree with it and in what ways.

Answer 2

The Ten Commandments are an excellent guide whether you are religious or not. Beware of anyone who tries to tell you it is all relative to the situation. That is the Moral Relativism upon which Socialism is built. Socialism cannot exist in a world of moral absolutes.

In a Socialist world, those in power decide what is and is not moral. This is where you get the idea that killing the unwanted or infirm is the right thing to do for the good of the many. In America, each and every individual life is precious. Every person is endowed by the Creator with unalienable rights. Not so in Socialism. The needs of the many outweigh the rights of the individual.

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Answer 3

know right and wrong…

if you think about it, it is more like you and me, us and them

what is good for one group and or individual takes away from another group’s and/or individual’s potential for good

you can also say the reverse, what causes one harm might be good for another

this is always the case. there are not enough apples for us all. except for information resources, and we guard these closest of all

so now that we have concluded that there can’t be any action even something as strait forward as breathing that does not affect another we must try to measure how good or bad it affects them

assuming that others have a good of there own (we’re not some dreaming god’s imaginings) the best we can do is to try and not cause them harm. simple principals of conduct help outline this. preschoolers could do a good job listing some

there are always exceptions to these rules

we are social creature we do all this subconsciously, generally if you feel good about something it is a good thing if you feel bad about it, it is not

it all comes down to the infamous moral balancing scales

Answer 4

What I might think is right will be wrong to someone else and vise versa. I'm a big beliver in not following the crowd and what is "right" in society. Because, what the general population thinks is right is not always right. And, there is really no one way to judge this, I follow what I feel at the time.

Answer 5

It depends really. Different people have different interests and thus have different morals to follow. Whats moral to one person may not be moral to another person. Essentially, with morality, what you want to do at the core is minimize negative consequences of any action taken for everyone as much as possible. So, if you need money, its moral to make people in society happy by engaging in hard work and "giving to society". That would be the moral choice as there is really no overt negativity applied to anyone in that situation. You shouldn't rob your neighbor for money. Why? Because it creates a negative consequence to your neighbor and you clearly had other options that were moral.

Answer 6

Well humans have feelings. When people do something wrong they experience shame, fear, pain or guilt. Or just negative emotions in general. Therefore right is associated with positive emotions and freeness. For me I use a combination of religious and my own feelings about things. The knowledge of good and evil allows us to do both, if you did not know what they were you could do something good or evil. That is why it is so intresting to know that the tree in the garden of eden was called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And after they ate of that tree they noticed they were naked. Its just very intresting and insightful to me.

Answer 7

I go by my instinct or gut felings if I do not feel right in taking part in something or my actions make me feel bad I judge from this in all aspects of my life Social, Religious, Humanitarian and just my every day living and relating to others....

Answer 8

Right... comes from what would praise whatever the one god above may be called. Right is something that will make the most out of your life. It's good for yourself and the world around you. It's following the natural laws of the universe.

Wrong... comes from what would go against that God/Allah. That makes your life less meaningful. It's bad for youself and the world around you. These goes against the natural laws of the universe.

Answer 9

That which goes against natural law and detracts from the common good is wrong. That which is in harmony with the common good and furthers the common good is right.

Answer 10

My morals I created that suit my idea of justice combined with my college education and my parents raising me.