igofast
06-20-2002, 02:35 PM
With all the talk on DA lately of right and wrong, opinions, PC, fascists, etc. it gets me thinking of my own views, and philosophically right vs. wrong.
I have a million thoughts on this, most of them will never come out as coherent thoughts.
I think everyone thinks they are right. Right? Everyone says, my views on the world and humanity are for the most part correct. Otherwise we wouldn't have them. There are some things that are inherrantly wrong, such as child abuse, sexual, physical, or other, murder, racism, other "isms", blah blah blah. But even this everyone can't agree on. There are people perfectly ok being racist. TONS of people advocate murdering murderers. Some of the stuff people do to kids is abuse in my mind but doesn't even make other people blink.
Who is right? I think I am. But I've been wrong before. The problem is there's no one to really say. Legally, it's the law that says. There's loopholes all over the place, but we won't get into that. Another problem with that is, just because it's law doesn't mean it's right. In a democratic sense, a law could theoretically be passed making any of the things I said are inherently wrong legal.
Many people turn to relgion to determine right vs wrong. I can somewhat relate to that, I did the same for a few years. I eventually found religion to be very hollow and limiting, but that's another story altogether. So now I don't have a book/person/god dictating right and wrong, so where do I get my morals? A lot of them come from my upbringing. My dad (and mom, but I didn't live with her as much) taught me a lot about tollerance, human rights, etc. Contrary to what someone on this board is preaching, kids can be taught not to hate people of different sexual preferences, color, sex, etc. I'm proof. But I digress. Nature vs. nurture comes into play here a little. How many of my views are inherrent in my, in my genes, in my soul (if I have one), and how many come from my environment. I tend to believe it's a little of both, but once again, I come back to: There's no goddam proof of any of that. There's no one to say what is reality. NO ONE.
That fact can get me a little depressed if I dwell on it too much. It could lead to nihilism as well. But I refuse to do that. I have my beliefs. My beliefs have changed in the past, and I'm sure they will again, but what I know is what I know and in my mind, it's right.
And here is where you, the reader think to yourself, "And your point is......?"
I have a million thoughts on this, most of them will never come out as coherent thoughts.
I think everyone thinks they are right. Right? Everyone says, my views on the world and humanity are for the most part correct. Otherwise we wouldn't have them. There are some things that are inherrantly wrong, such as child abuse, sexual, physical, or other, murder, racism, other "isms", blah blah blah. But even this everyone can't agree on. There are people perfectly ok being racist. TONS of people advocate murdering murderers. Some of the stuff people do to kids is abuse in my mind but doesn't even make other people blink.
Who is right? I think I am. But I've been wrong before. The problem is there's no one to really say. Legally, it's the law that says. There's loopholes all over the place, but we won't get into that. Another problem with that is, just because it's law doesn't mean it's right. In a democratic sense, a law could theoretically be passed making any of the things I said are inherently wrong legal.
Many people turn to relgion to determine right vs wrong. I can somewhat relate to that, I did the same for a few years. I eventually found religion to be very hollow and limiting, but that's another story altogether. So now I don't have a book/person/god dictating right and wrong, so where do I get my morals? A lot of them come from my upbringing. My dad (and mom, but I didn't live with her as much) taught me a lot about tollerance, human rights, etc. Contrary to what someone on this board is preaching, kids can be taught not to hate people of different sexual preferences, color, sex, etc. I'm proof. But I digress. Nature vs. nurture comes into play here a little. How many of my views are inherrent in my, in my genes, in my soul (if I have one), and how many come from my environment. I tend to believe it's a little of both, but once again, I come back to: There's no goddam proof of any of that. There's no one to say what is reality. NO ONE.
That fact can get me a little depressed if I dwell on it too much. It could lead to nihilism as well. But I refuse to do that. I have my beliefs. My beliefs have changed in the past, and I'm sure they will again, but what I know is what I know and in my mind, it's right.
And here is where you, the reader think to yourself, "And your point is......?"