Wrong From Right?

[originofopinion]

How do you judge whats wrong and right and what is It called by definition?

[KarlMarx1989]

What is the right thing? Does it make others happy?

[originofopinion]

I need a list of Terms used to categorize being and they're ethics, definitions would be awesome!

[Velkas]

Does it help others, or harm them?

[KarlMarx1989]

Yes, I am with Gennadi. The right thing is whatever helps the people that are your friends and makes them happy.

[RedRise]

The right thing is whatever is right by you and those you care for. This could also be the wrong thing in somebody else's point of view.:confused::rolleyes:

[red cat]

Right is wrong and left is right.

[Muzk]

Use a form of materialism to determine whatever is right or wrong, this way your own mind is out of the way and it's possible to think of the perfect solution

If you say 'it's right when you think it's right' then the nazis are right too:drool:

[NecroCommie]

It is a flawed assumption that there even exists somekind of universal righ or wrong. Right and wrong are one of the most relative concepts ever conjured by man.

Generally taken I see right action to be the action, that meets the current trends of morality within your local masses. But then you could ofcourse specify, righ for you, right for your class or right at the current situation etc.... If you go meddling with priorities in morality you should have some kind of philosophical reason for that priority. One might even say that morality is little more than different sets of priorities, for few people want bad to happen for anyone if at all avoidable.

[fiddlesticks]

the concept of right and wrong is abstract, it cant be defined, though there are circumstances where its easy to say stealing is wrong and giving is right. Though the robin hood situation could be brought up, he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, was he right or wrong? Theres really no answer to this. It depends on how you were raised, generally you will inherit your parents ideas of right and wrong.

[willdw79]

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Originally Posted by originofopinion http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1539525#post1539525)
How do you judge whats wrong and right and what is It called by definition?
First you could limit your analysis to "actions" as opposed to thought that aren't made material through an act.

ME: It helps then if you add another category like "neither wrong nor right" which will help you navigate your thought problems.
Then you can make any definition you want for wrong and right and anything that you can't categorize (i.e. which shoe to tie first).
I think now I have arrived at where your question begins. Right/Wrong/Indifferent are individually determined, they are also socially determined, so you could try to form an individual definition that is informed by what you have learned in your life (which is infleunced by society).
There are lots of books on it and to go into detail would cause a considerable amount of research, but I think you could form your own using this structure.

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Originally Posted by NecroCommie http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1541172#post1541172)
It is a flawed assumption that there even exists somekind of universal righ or wrong. Right and wrong are one of the most relative concepts ever conjured by man.
Generally taken I see right action to be the action, that meets the current trends of morality within your local masses. But then you could ofcourse specify, righ for you, right for your class or right at the current situation etc.... If you go meddling with priorities in morality you should have some kind of philosophical reason for that priority. One might even say that morality is little more than different sets of priorities, for few people want bad to happen for anyone if at all avoidable.

ME: Even though there are no univesal rights or wrongs per se, you can be honest and consistent if you develop a fair way to assess things.

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Originally Posted by fiddlesticks http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1541345#post1541345)
the concept of right and wrong is abstract, it cant be defined, though there are circumstances where its easy to say stealing is wrong and giving is right. Though the robin hood situation could be brought up, he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, was he right or wrong? Theres really no answer to this. It depends on how you were raised, generally you will inherit your parents ideas of right and wrong.

ME: But, it can be operationalized. Operationalizing is defining for the purposes of using something or testing something.

[ToxicSoil]

I think we can all agree that if we merely look to the Bible for guidance we will find that what is right and what is wrong has been clearly illustrated for us to understand and follow.

[mel]

I think we can all agree that if we merely look to the Bible for guidance we will find that what is right and what is wrong has been clearly illustrated for us to understand and follow.

:rolleyes:

[Il Medico]

Right is what you can justify and wrong is what you can't.

[fiddlesticks]

Right is what you can justify and wrong is what you can't.

Well said, Doctor!

[originofopinion]

Right is what you can justify and wrong is what you can't.

But Anything can be justified with the right point of view?

[KarlMarx1989]

/\ I agree.

If someone does something to make a majority of people miserable, and he can justify it; then that would be the right thing by that logic.

The right thing is a thing that makes others happy. If it makes people miserable or sad, then it is wrong.

[JJM 777]

Relativity theories do exist about ethics. Maybe this will give some ideas:

http://www.johnjoemittler.com/ethics/English/ch_04.html