In accordance with Whitehead when he basically says that distinguishing between right and wrong is one of the basic problems of “the progress of understanding.” I believe that when we lay out a clear line between what is right and what is wrong, we are eliminating the plethora of possibilities in between. We eliminate the “buts” and “howevers” from all speech and everything becomes a “yes” or “no” answer.
As humans of social conscience, we always make an instantaneous judgment of something either being right or wrong. Acceptable or Unacceptable. This instantaneous reaction, according to me is one of the root causes of problems in the world and ironically for solutions as well.
Whenever we need to make a decision, our sub-conscience clearly and easily makes a decision whether a choice is correct or incorrect. It is up to our conscience to decide which decision to carry out. For example, for many teenagers in countries in basically all continents of the globe excluding Antarctica, they make a decision everyday (or at least every gathering they go to). It is to either drink or not to drink (or to engage or not to engage in narcotics/drugs and other depressants). Our sub-conscience, with knowledge of the effects of the latter would forbid us from consuming it. However our conscience; the decision maker decides whether to engage or not. The conscience looks at the moral aspects of the action and its effect on reality thus makes a decision. The conscience is thus the ultimate decision maker for something that is right or wrong.
Almost contradicting my last paragraph, I would like to analyze the relevance of something being right or wrong. Excluding for the moment all aspects of knowledge that are proved to be factually correct, “Is there a Right or Wrong?”. Taking the issue of capital punishment. Some are for and agree in incorporating it for they believe that if a crime committed is as grave as the life of another, then death is the only option. Others , on the other hand believe that humans make mistakes and for them, a second chance would be a better option. These conflicts are moral dilemmas. Each individual in the world has a right to make that moral decision. However, for a sensitive issue such as the above, what is right for one person is not necessarily right for another. From this we can assume that there is no absolute moral principle in society.
In conclusion, I would like to say that rather than looking into the black and white of things, venture the gray part of aspects.
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