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manifest_deity · 08-27-2003, 07:59 PM

Do right and wrong exist? I beleive the obvious answer to this question is yes, and I think that most people who disagree have not logically considered the question. If right and wrong do not exist, you cannot strive to be a "better" person, strive for a "better" society, or make a "better" life for yourself. The word "better" means a striving towards the right, working away from what is wrong. In other words: progress, which, consequently cannot exist without right or wrong. I say all this for this reason: most people I talk to who do not beleive in right or wrong base their "moral" judments on what benifits society. So what would benifit society, what would be.....GOOD for it? It's not language that traps you, it's logic. What do you use to justify any action if there is no right or wrong? What would make you choose one option over another? If you take emotion out of the equation (for rage, love, and depression often interfere with logical decision making) and say that right and wrong do not exist, then choice does not exist! Your desicions are the consequences of the movement of atoms and particles, you have no control! It's all cause and effect. Even selfish decisions admit the existance of right or wrong because your decision is based off the pursuit of what is "best" for you.

08-27-2003, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
manifest_deity Upright	Do right and wrong exist? Do right and wrong exist? I beleive the obvious answer to this question is yes, and I think that most people who disagree have not logically considered the question. If right and wrong do not exist, you cannot strive to be a "better" person, strive for a "better" society, or make a "better" life for yourself. The word "better" means a striving towards the right, working away from what is wrong. In other words: progress, which, consequently cannot exist without right or wrong. I say all this for this reason: most people I talk to who do not beleive in right or wrong base their "moral" judments on what benifits society. So what would benifit society, what would be.....GOOD for it? It's not language that traps you, it's logic. What do you use to justify any action if there is no right or wrong? What would make you choose one option over another? If you take emotion out of the equation (for rage, love, and depression often interfere with logical decision making) and say that right and wrong do not exist, then choice does not exist! Your desicions are the consequences of the movement of atoms and particles, you have no control! It's all cause and effect. Even selfish decisions admit the existance of right or wrong because your decision is based off the pursuit of what is "best" for you. __________________ Lord, Liar, or Lunatic?