Right and wrong

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by flameofanor5, Jan 9, 2008.

  1. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    You're probably correct here.

    The problem however, is that many, if not most people, are deluded into this line of thought. The problem being of course, that this desire presumes that there is a 'Truth' to be found.
     
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  3. sowhatifit'sdark Valued Senior Member

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    I know. I mean some of my 'answers' actually support your point, especially the questions and really the fact that I had multiple answers.

    In fact I appreciated the opportunity to answer your questions.

    Like in business, that old cliche
    instead of location

    context, context, context!

    That seems to me one of the dangers of language. Sometimes people think that when they are using language they are making something 'in the air' that stands on its own
    and, ironically,
    that their language is not an action, that it is something static
    like they think knowledge - which should not be a noun - is.
     
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  5. machaon Registered Senior Member

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    Both right and wrong live in the moment. To try to find them in the past or the future is a waste of ammo.
     
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  7. gurglingmonkey More Amazing in RL Registered Senior Member

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    Actions are wrong if the basis for them is a contradiction. Actions are right if you can at the same time will that everyone else does the same. When asking, "Should I steal something from Mr. Smith?" one should ask, "What if everybody stole something?"
    If everyone stole something from someone else, there would be no property, and in effect, stealing would be impossible.
     
  8. maxzuk Registered Senior Member

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    Use the Golden Rule - it has nothing to do with a God or a Religion of any kind.
     
  9. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    The Golden Rule sounds great but why has it always failed?
     
  10. maxzuk Registered Senior Member

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    Because some turn it around to read; Do unto others before they do it to you?
     
  11. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    Surely it ceases to be the Golden Rule in that case.
     
  12. Jozen-Bo The Wheel Spinning King!!! Registered Senior Member

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    There is no such thing as right and wrong in a fixed sense. What might be right at one time may very well be wrong at another.

    The Relative side of reality yields the illusion of right and wrong. The Absolute is only right. The middle is never wrong. Good and Evil are tools, they are not really Good or Evil. Everyone always gets the perfection, no suffering was ever without a higher purpose in mind. All there really is is Good!!! Enlightened beings all know this. Ignorant people believe in the existence of Evil and suffer of it. Learning to ride that bicycle can give one an awwyy.
     
  13. maxzuk Registered Senior Member

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    Only for those that do not use it in their dealings with people.
     

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