Tonight was more discussion oriented as we challenged you to speak out your thoughts on 5 important questions about right and wrong. Below is my answer to each question.
#1 Is there right and wrong? Yes
#2 Is it important to know what is right and wrong? Yes, if there is right and wrong it is important to know what is so that you can protect your present and help determine your future. Otherwise you will have guilt and problems and never know how to correct it because you don't know the right things to do or the wrong things you need to stop doing.
#3 Is right and wrong the same for all people in all situations? This question isn't talking about oinions but facts, are there absolutes (for all during all times) when it comes to morality. Moral relativism would teach that some things are right for some people but wrong for others, but not all things are right and wrong for all people. This idea has two problems, one is that by stating that as an absolute that there are no absolutes is self-defeating. The second is that if right and wrong is determined by the individual there is no wrong, ever, since you would always be right, but there is no right because you can't have a right with no wrong. So if you bleive there is right and wrong you have to believe that there are moral absolutes for all people at all times in all cultures.
#4 Who can determine right and wrong? There are many that can, I listed yourself, the cultural majority, God, your parents, the government...etc...
#5 Who shoulc determine right and wrong? If you are definging it right and wrong is based on your opinion or feeling, thus it differs from person to person and time to time. We can do whatever we want because it is all right. There is no punishment because there is no wrong, but that also means there is no right. If others or the culture are the ones defining it, it is determined by opinion, feeling, or vote and thus differs from person to person, culture to culture, and time to time. This too defeats itself. If God defines right and wrong, it is defined how it is because he knows everything. It never varies because he is the same yesterday today and tomorrow. It is based off his character of perfection rather than opinion.
The rules of right and wrong were made by God in order to safeguard us and those around us. When we do wrong it causes harm to us and others. When we do right it brings about good to us and others (not without pain always, but always good). So learn what is right and do it.
I give tonight: A-
Favorite Moment: The discussion
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