Is there such a thing as right or wrong, or is it all perfection/relative?

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Perception, but somewhat conventional.

I believe it's relative. For, when we are born we do not know right from wrong and learn from our elders, who of course were taught by their elders and so on and so forth.

But I use the skull and crossbones for example. Most people know what it means. But it was manafactured like everything else, though still people recognise it. I think that's how right and wrong is, there is a general boundary that the average citizen will not break.

I do also believe that you may feel a negative vibe when doing something wrong. I get that sometimes, whether I know I'm doing wrong or not. So maybe there's an inner rightometer? Hmmm. Who knows.

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  What about those citizens where their 'rightometers' are broken? I think there are common psychologically symbolic trends among similar people, like the skull representing death, but there will always be exceptions especially within those individuals whose mirror neurons aren't firing quite right. We label them psychopaths, but realistically they just function on a separate plane of morality and empathic recognition.
  
  I would say right and wrong is like a river, the more ingrained something becomes, the more the rest of our choices are pulled along by the accumulating current.
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Relativism

Relativism almost seems self-refuting. To be a true relativist, one must be accepting of all points of view. It could be argued that all points of view are right, it just depends on the situation the group purporting the view is in. In accepting all points of view, if one group believes you are wrong, you must believe you are wrong.

Relativism also leaves open the problem of majority. If 20 million people think slavery is okay and 5 million people do not, who's right?

Perhaps there is a perfect morality in Plato's "World of Forms" and all human moralities are imperfect variations on it.

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Nephilem
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I Disagree, Just because I accept the possibility that others can or are right, does not mean i must accept their point of view. You also assume two contradictory things cannot be true, and although illogical, I'm sure you've found plenty of illogical truths, such as being happy and sad at the same time, for the same reason.
And as a relativist, it doesn't matter "who's right" just believe. I'm willing to accept that slavery in certain situations acceptable, but thats not the point.
Plato, eh? Nietzsche is wagging his finger at you.
Nephilem
August 2
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Interesting point, Midnight-x-Rose. If there is a rightometer, it would be called guilt. Guilt comes into existence in an interesting way, Your born with an Id, an utter selfishness (toddlers saying gimme gimmee is a prime example of this) however, they don't truly feel guilt at an early age, it's when two Id's collide (and one is overcome) that guilt is born, because we then realize the emotional effect of selfishness.
Of course, everything is on a scale, nothing is ever wholly unselfish (good), though pure selfishness (evil) exists. But weather good is better than evil is a simple presupposition, nothing more. Taking the Deconstructionist's argument...
1)Good is better than evil. Why?
2)Because good makes people feel better in general (makes them happier)
3)So happiness is better than un-happiness?
4)Yes because it's what I want
5)So what you want is better than what you don't want?
6) What I want makes me happy (circular, see 2)
So if neither is better, putting them into categories really doesn't matter, so why bother with meaningless categories?
Dwn
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1. Lets all just kill each other...seems right to me.
2. lets take what we want from who ever has it , if we dont have it and dont want to work for it...seems right to me.
3. lets introduce violence as a noble and honorable thing....seems right to me.
4. lets make public specticals of torure for intertainment....seems right to me.

Relative? hmmmm, whats wrong (right?) with this picture?

Perhaps thinking about it is wrong (right?)

but at least give it a try.....right (wrong?)

Does bullshit only come from bovine sources, and only the males? Perhaps its just perception.

This is why we were given a brain, so that we could acurately evaluate no brainers