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Aug 15, 2005 22:23

do the right thing

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reb12_12 August 16 2005, 20:48:42 UTC
Doing the right thing may be important, but in truth, is the right thing always the best thing to do in every situation?

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cripz August 17 2005, 02:02:34 UTC
how do you mean?

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reb12_12 August 20 2005, 01:38:47 UTC
In most cases the difference between is so clear. However, there are always situations you know it would be right to do one thing, while it would be far better neglect that intuition in order to save the people involved. I'm not sure if that really came out right; but there are always exceptions to every norm.

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ryanescobar August 17 2005, 02:25:15 UTC
By definition it is, or it wouldn't be the "right" thing.

If you're choosing something other than the "right thing," you're probably applying a less traditional code of ethic that probably includes consideration for one's own needs, because often being comepletely selfless is very often held up as the ideal. There are other ways of gauging "rightness," too; but usually it's somewhere between selflessness and selfishness (and I don't think selfishness is necessarily bad).

Talkin talkin talkin

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cripz August 17 2005, 02:29:30 UTC
it's funny that it's always so lauded as something great- i don't think selflessness is a "right" or "good" ideal in any sense of the word

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ryanescobar August 17 2005, 05:47:22 UTC
I think a degree of it is, in the cases of people not being able to help themselves, but I can see more where you're coming from in the sense of personal empowerment and independence.

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