Chapter 99: Right or Wrong

Very often, we find ourselves asking, 'What Should I Be Doing?'. There is the common element of needing to differentiate between right and wrong here.

From what I have found out, a lot of people use different ways to do so.

In Christianity, from what I can tell, right and wrong is based on the words of God himself. For example, through holy scriptures. But the question I would have is how God tells right from wrong. Then again, the fact that God may be the one who defined right and wrong, being the creator of all things contradicts the elements within my question.

In buddhism, it seems that right and wrong is based on whether the actions and thoughts are rooted in negative aspects such as greed and selfishness. But the question again, is how and who defines such aspects, and whether they can prove that their words are absolute.

Certain people say that they base right and wrong on their emotions, while others say they base it on their visions of logic. SOme say that they use a combination of both.

For me, I do not believe in the concepts of right and wrong. What is right, in terms of what I do, I base it on my surroundings and how people act. As they say, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".

But that is not all. I also factor in what I should do based on what objectives I want, based purely on will, whether the objectives will result in unnecessary harm, and if it does result in harm, it must be justified by benefits to objects and people involved.

And I have to say, most of these ideals and beliefs I base my decision on is what I am comfortable with, and what kind of environment I had based my education and growth on, and what kind of influences I may have come across.

I cannot promise a true unbiased decision.

No one can truly draw the line between right and wrong, is a conclusion I can come to for now.