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Are You Right?

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
Consider religion, politics, philosophy, morals, ethics, or whatever. How do you know you are right and another is wrong?

Is there truly a right or a wrong? Or are right and wrong merely human constructs to assert perspective?

Thoughts?
 

The Reverend Bob

Fart Machine and Beastmaster
Consider religion, politics, philosophy, morals, ethics, or whatever. How do you know you are right and another is wrong?

Is there truly a right or a wrong? Or are right and wrong merely human constructs to assert perspective?

Thoughts?
Are you asking if there is an objective principle to determine whether one's actions and behaviors can be construed as right or wrong?
 

Curious George

Veteran Member
Consider religion, politics, philosophy, morals, ethics, or whatever. How do you know you are right and another is wrong?
Logic
Is there truly a right or a wrong? Or are right and wrong merely human constructs to assert perspective?

Thoughts?
I think we can use logic to create an internally consistent view of right and wrong. With this view we can evaluate whether one is right or wrong.
 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
Well you can appeal to that if you wish, but it doesn't bode well for you as doing so contradicts yourself.

But you didn't answer the question. You say that the use of logic can determine if one is right or wrong. I'm not understanding how. In its simplest form, it's just assertion of perspective.
 

Rational Agnostic

Well-Known Member
Consider religion, politics, philosophy, morals, ethics, or whatever. How do you know you are right and another is wrong?

Is there truly a right or a wrong? Or are right and wrong merely human constructs to assert perspective?

Thoughts?

There is no truth. Oh...oops, I just made a truth claim by stating that it is a truth that there is no truth, so if there is no truth, then there is truth. So truth must exist.
 

leov

Well-Known Member
Consider religion, politics, philosophy, morals, ethics, or whatever. How do you know you are right and another is wrong?

Is there truly a right or a wrong? Or are right and wrong merely human constructs to assert perspective?

Thoughts?
Examine yourself if your motives are pure and fit the Golden Rule....
 

The Reverend Bob

Fart Machine and Beastmaster
What is this objective principle?
It is in two parts. First when it comes to wrong. You have to ask yourself is this action or behavior going to cause any harm or hurt to myself and /or to any innocent beings in the present or future? If you answered in the positive, then maybe in fact your action or behavior is in fact wrong.
Why such an easy criteria to determine the wrongness of an action or behavior? Because doing evil is easy.

Now determining what is right and good is much, much more complex.
 
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