Friday, October 1, 2010

Response to Vincent's "Right and Wrong Part One"

     I read Vincent's post and it got me thinking about the meanings and my beliefs of right and wrong.
A person can't be right and wrong at the same time. However, these two words are more similar than you know. They can actually be the same thing. Right can be wrong and wrong can be right. How is this possible? The answer lies in the human mind. Person A can consider whatever they are doing is the right thing to do, while person B can think that person A is doing the wrong thing. This of course causes a collision of two different mind thinking about what is right and wrong. I came up with two theories on why people have different views on this. One of them is that the sense of what is right and wrong is shaped by a person's personal experiences in life such as the things that they learn from other people, the places they grew up in, and the good or bad experiences that they have to dealt with in their life. My second theory is that it is all shaped naturally accordingly to the individual specific mindset/personality which creates a certain regime for that specific individual.
     Is right and wrong what individuals believe is correct and incorrect or is there a set of rules that clarify what is accurate of mistaken? Is what individuals believe to be right and wrong true or erroneous? Is there a constraint to how much people can believe is true of false to be right and wrong? If an individual does something believing they are correct or incorrect and another person believes the opposite, is the individual right or wrong?
     After reading this post, I became aware of how vague society really is, not only is there words we cannot truly define, there are things we can't really explain like the use of marijuana. By law, marijuana is an illegal drug; however, for individuals who need to use it for medical purposes, it is legal. Therefore, does this make marijuana legal or illegal? Is it legal for those who require it for medical purposes and illegal for others? If so, it this right or wrong?
     For now, I think there is a right and wrong to everything, or is this also either right or wrong?

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