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What is wrong? What is right?

What makes something wrong? What makes something right?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    'What is wrong? What is right?'

    What is left? What is right?

    What is morning? What is night?

    What is hot? What is cold?

    Choices, choices, choices.

    I think I will stay in the middle, that way, what every I decide will either be wrong or right, it is my choice after all, my perspective on life, so who can say when I am wrong or right?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Something is wrong if it infringes on a person's natural rights. All people are entitled to things such as life, liberty, and prosperity. So if you kill a person, you take away their life. If you put them through dominance and abuse without their consent, you take away their liberty. If you steal their property or money, you are affecting their prosperity.

    Something is right if it preserves those natural rights and promotes them for others. If you save someone, work to give people suffrage, or give to charity, you are doing the right thing.

    However, the line between right and wrong often becomes blurred. For instance, suppose you kill a murderer who broke into your home to save your own family. In this example, we can dissect your actions and judge them individually to be either right or wrong. Killing the man was wrong, but protecting your family and property was right. In this case, the number of right actions and the amount of good that was done is greater than the evil, so you would be right in this situation.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    We each have are own say in what is wrong or right, but most agree upon what is wrong, and right.

    For example, some one may think it right to beat up a puppy, but to a rational person who can see that the person is only expressing anger, and using the puppy as a vent, the action will seem wrong.

    Much like yahoo likes to delete questions that are rants, or filled with answers, even though the people who post them think them "right" or acceptable.

    For me good and evil is compassion and suffering, that's how I see the world morally.

  • DJC
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    God is right. The world is wrong.

    Think about it. God created everything, including the world. So wouldn't the Creator know more than the creation? Morals are right and morals came from God. Morals such as friendliness, truthfulness, integrity, the spirit of giving, thankfulness, joy, obedience to proper authority, hard work, faithfulness, being content... and the list goes on in His Word.

    In short, the world makes something wrong for it is imperfect and getting worse, and God makes something right, for He was, is, and always will be holy and perfect.

    Source(s): The Bible, common sense
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    [A decision] is right or wrong for [someone or something] because [the "pro" reasons] outweigh [the con reasons].

    The above statement is purely subjective. Nothing is absolutely wrong or right. Things are right according to society, wrong according to your own ethics, right for you, wrong for her, etc. Relative stuff, and all your own opinion.

  • 7 years ago

    It is the word of God that will make us fully aware of what is wrong and what is right. it is our everyday guide on how we are going to live our life and if we are living our life in accordance to what God is saying, then it is the right thing.

  • 1 decade ago

    What is wrong?...... Judging others!

    What is right?...... Judging oneself!

    As one gains the necessary clarity, one will observe that which is right and also that which is wrong, and hopefully apply only that which is right within ones own life and not apply that which is wrong in the lives of others.

    From this unique observation, one will understand the true meaning of "contentment".

    Peace be always with you.

    Source(s): a small insignificant Philosophy student....
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    A very sick mama dog is an extremely stressful situation. And I understand your anger at some of the answers that you received. It is normal for you to want to vent back to these folks some of your anger and frustration. So, try to remain calm and keep your focus on your dog & pups. Don't let this cloud your true goal - a healthy dog. And yes, I would love to know this outcome. Kudos to you for your quick action in caring for 7 pups! It isn't easy! I wish that more people would realize that there are situations that stump even the best of vets. While the calicum issue is the most common with these symptoms, it is not the only cause. And your dedication to this dog and her pups is very, very admirable. So, you know that you are responding to this crisis in the best manner possible. You are doing all you can do in an extremely difficult situation. Let God sort out the rest. Peace

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Wrong and right can also be interpreted as a Point Of View.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wrong is the intentional infringement on the natural or civil rights of another person. Right is the preservation, expansion, or aiding the natural or civil rights of another person.

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