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What makes one person right, and the other person wrong?
If the difference between being right or wrong is nothing more than a common social opinion, how can one truly claim that his or her opinions are truly correct, if he or she is doing nothing but agreeing with the general public?
If one person believes in something so strongly, but another person does not, how can we determine who is right, and who is wrong? How did this social acceptance come into play?
If we can't proclaim one ideology as being 'right', and we can't proclaim another ideology as being wrong, then why do these different ideologies exist, and how do we justify their existences?
How is it that a single ideology can become dominant, if so many others disagree with their reasons and their logic?
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Very simple. It's called common sense. Logic. It's not about your opinion, but about your ability to prove your point.
For example, you're having an argument with someone about McDonalds. Your opponent says McDonalds has awesome burgers, and you say that McDonalds has horrible burgers. It makes sense to think that you are right for saying that their burgers are very bad, because even though they might be tasty, they are absolutely destructive for your health. So you could argue that some other place has better burgers, because they aren't made out of shitty meat, etc. Such as the more expensive retaurants of quality.
In the end it wasn't about opinion, but which argument made logical sense. It works like that with everything. EVERYTHING. Like if someone has an opinion which states that HP PC's are better than DELL PC's, there must be proof to back that point, such as hardware, software, quality, endurance, etc. Or a guy having an argument with another guy about a girl being better than another girl. What makes her better? Looks? Personality? You can't base an opinion on something unimportant. If one of the girls is better looking, smarter, and is a better person overall, then that one wins.
It's not about opinion, but the evidence behind it, so the people involved in the argument all have to be able to back their points so that one can determine which is more logically correct. Likes and tastes shouldn't be involved. If you're opponent strongly agrees that soda is better than green tea, just because he/she likes it better, then he/she is a dumbass. If a person has an opinion about something but can't present evidence, then you say gtfo.
Source(s): Life.
