If everybody is right, what is wrong?

It seems to me that everybody believes that their position is right. If this is the case is there any such thing as wrong? After reading almost all of the posts in here it seems everybody is right. This is a symptom of the entire world. The terrorists are right in the actions they take, conversely the Americans are right in the actions they take. The Jews are right, the Christians are right, the Muslims are right. The Chinese are right, the N. Koreans are right, the UK is right. The cops are right, the criminals are right, and so on. Maybe it is just my limited mental capacity to grasp reality but it seems to me that is everybody is right nothing is wrong.

 

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It's different laws, no one has got the whole truth yet.

 

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People just like to assert their personal position or take on things. Each is able to justify that position and enjoys doing so. Occasionally people post stuff with views that differ from mine but understanding their perspective prevents me from reacting strongly when I encounter similiar views that differ from mine.
Understanding eachothers positions cannot be wrong in itself and each has a conscious to steer their individual ships. The trick is to not steer into someone elses, but to master that, you have to know their position.

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That is my point, everyone feels justified that they are right. If this is the case than is anything wrong?

 

Right and wrong are subjective.

 

I agree, but what can be done about it? I suppose based on history we'll just continue to blabber until something comes to a head and someone has to start fighting. Is there any chance of reconcilliation or moderation then?

 

Are you personally willling to take an active part in that process?

peace

c20

 

There is certainly a small chance for diplomacy and understanding among cultures. Even your view that fighting is something to be avoided is a cultural value. Most likely humans will kill themselves off completely unless we can leave each other alone. I guess that means that the only cultures that will survive will either be ones that value tolerance, or the one that values complete domination.

 

Yeah I suppose there is not much room for middle ground. I would like to see tolerance but most likely it will be domination. It is unfortunate that we are seemingly doomed to repeat our mistakes ad infinitum. It's exhausting.

C20
What do you mean by your post?

 

Sort of. All (together) are mostly right in perception; each individually is only partly right in perception. Wrong is mistaking your partial right for the whole right, which no one can monopolize.

 

Re: If everybody is right, what is wrong?
Nothing. "Right" and "wrong" are subjective. They depend on different values. Different values result from different adaptations to the environment. Environment varies from country to country, from city to city, from individual to individual.

 

What is this garbage? "Right and wrong" are subjective? What are you speaking of? I STRONGLY hope you mean -just- morally. Morality may have no objective foundation, but truth? Truth is singular and objective. For two reasons:

1. The statement "there is no truth" is logically incoherent. If there are no truths the statement "there is no truth" invalidates itself, as it presumes truth.

2. 1 + 1 = 2 (in the normal meaning of the terms). Litterally trillions of other truthful statements such as this exist.

 

I wouldn't confound mathematical validity and consistency with "truth," which is a concept better applied to the human pursuit of knowledge in the confusion of human affairs.

 

My programmer buddy always laughs when I pull that one out

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Onefinity:

Truths found in systems are generally easier to present than the first principles or some other vaguely esoteric principle.

 

whitewolf:

Yes, because there would be some programming language where 1 + 1 = something else, right?

 

That is my point, since it is so subjective is there any way to reconcile these concepts. With everyone able to justify their "rightness", can a common ground ever be reached? Based on this discussion so far, wrong as a concept is null.

 

Well if you have two opposing sides regarding right and wrong and you yourself wish that both parties would be reconcilled independantly of their viewpoints, then you yourself must begin the process of mediation.

For example -

Person (A) hates Christianity. They hate it for valid reasons i.e. Politicians use Christianity to pass the laws that suit their political agenda. Religious dogma appears to corrupt free will.

Person (B) is a Christian. They love Christianity for valid reasons. They have experienced the power of Jesus' message in their lives personally and have dedicated themselves to upholding that message.

Invariably there can be no reconcilliation of Person (A) and Person (B) and one might come to the conclusion that there is no right and wrong about it.

If one is willing to be a peacemaker however, then reconcilliation is entirely possible through negotiation.

The question I was asking is 'Here we have two opposing viewpoints that on their own will never be reconcilled. Are you willing to be a peacemaker of 'people' independant of their opposing ideas? Do you have enough faith in shared human ideals to create the bonds of reconcilliation even though you personally will profit nothing? Would you personally attempt to reconcile persons (A) and (B) in this scenario or not?

peace

c20

 

If it is within my power to do so I would. I am just a guy with nothing, I guess the best I can do is try to help them reconcile their differences. I can only reconcile my differences with myself and others and between the people I have close contact with.

 

I think everyone's wrong. No one's right. Not even this. Contradictory, yeah? But it doesn't matter since everything's invariably wrong anyway.