Right and Wrong are absolute statements which require context to attribute to an action.
Is it wrong to harm others who are in the action of trying to harm you or your family for instance.
The trick to morality is that in the context of an infinite number of situations and we make do with broad generalisations of right and wrong based on experience.
I would disagree that right and wrong is linked to the detriment or advantage of the individual, and I personally find it hard to argue with Kant's first categorical imperative being; "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction."
This is the closest to being able to formulate right or wrong in most instances.
Is it wrong to harm others who are in the action of trying to harm you or your family for instance.
The trick to morality is that in the context of an infinite number of situations and we make do with broad generalisations of right and wrong based on experience.
I would disagree that right and wrong is linked to the detriment or advantage of the individual, and I personally find it hard to argue with Kant's first categorical imperative being; "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction."
This is the closest to being able to formulate right or wrong in most instances.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
