I Say Exactly What I Mean And I Mean Exactly What I Say
WRONG is WRONG even if everyone is doing it.
RIGHT is RIGHT even if no one is doing it. 馃尰
RIGHT is RIGHT even if no one is doing it. 馃尰
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bijouxbroussard 路 F
True, but right and wrong are not defined in the same way universally.
Abstraction 路 61-69, M
@bijouxbroussard Also true, especially in the details - but there is a remarkable level of agreement on the basics.
Example: In some countries if you wait in line people will push past, because we're playing out our own internal schema that says we're supposed to line up, and that's not how they see the situation. But fairness itself is universal, I think. Where two people from the same culture agree on what's fair and someone betrays that, there will be anger - and there will be a word in the language that is the equivalent of 'fair'.
Declaration of Human Rights is another example - and I noted in my studies long ago that the countries who say the rights don't apply to their culture - that kind of statement almost always comes from those in power, not the vulnerable.
Example: In some countries if you wait in line people will push past, because we're playing out our own internal schema that says we're supposed to line up, and that's not how they see the situation. But fairness itself is universal, I think. Where two people from the same culture agree on what's fair and someone betrays that, there will be anger - and there will be a word in the language that is the equivalent of 'fair'.
Declaration of Human Rights is another example - and I noted in my studies long ago that the countries who say the rights don't apply to their culture - that kind of statement almost always comes from those in power, not the vulnerable.
bijouxbroussard 路 F
@Abstraction The post implied that right and wrong are fairly black and white.They [b]aren鈥檛[/b] always. In some cultures what is considered an injustice even differs depending on the gender or class of the person affected.
Abstraction 路 61-69, M
@bijouxbroussard Agree. I wasn't disagreeing, it was stream of consciousness because it interests me.