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 May 8 2007, 05:35 PM
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 straight as a rainbow and twice as colorful  Group: Member Posts: 523 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 112,415  |
Lets start this out by saying that I don't want this to turn into a debate about religion. We have FAR too many of those.
As a society, we have a detailed code of what is right and what is wrong. Laws are put in place to try to discourage people from doing something that is "wrong." But where do these concepts of right and wrong come from? Don't say that it comes from some sort of higher power. First, that's all bs, but more importantly, these concepts of right and wrong have been around far longer than any modern religions. What makes something right? More importantly, what makes something wrong? discuss. |
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May 16 2007, 10:06 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
Again, short on time.
And in the case of killing self-defense? |
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May 18 2007, 01:54 PM
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 CheccMate Foo! Group: Member Posts: 839 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 487,531 |
Anything that causes others pain and suffering is considered wrong?
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May 18 2007, 05:16 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,746 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 17,125 |
Wrong is the choice that harms the most - does the most amount of damage.
Right is the choice that harms the least - does the least amount of damage. Wrong is not just something that causes suffering. If someone is planning to kill 100 people and you make that person suffer by catching them and sending them to jail, its the right thing to do, because it will have the least amount of cumulative damage. You have to gage it from all the people affected, its not direct at all. |
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May 18 2007, 11:20 PM
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CheccMate Foo! Group: Member Posts: 839 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 487,531 |
Right choices. Wrong choices. I think that's all there is to it now. Choices. We all were kids and didn't know any better so we did whatever the heck we wanted to and got into loads and loads of trouble. Until we got disciplined of course. Then later we learned that our actions had consequences and that they affect other people. We've been dealing with it ever since and keep learning from it. Either we're right or we're wrong? No, not that simple. Because in this cold world, there is no black and white. Only shades of gray. What is right to one man is wrong to another. So who's really the judge of that?
I think the biggest example of what is wrong are the 7 deadly sins: Lust, Envy, Pride, Sloth, Gluttony, Anger, Greed. Sorry to use a religious reference in this thread, trust me I'm atheist. But I do know my shit. |
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May 18 2007, 11:51 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
QUOTE(Chessboxxa 101 @ May 19 2007, 12:20 AM)  Sorry to use a religious reference in this thread, trust me I'm atheist. But I do know my shit. It's ok. Many other people's morals have their roots in religion (the morals).
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