How do you know the difference between right and wrong?

Question

How do you know the difference between right and wrong?

Answer 1

I know right from wrong from what I learned from my father in my younger years (my mother has been a bad influence), the laws, and what I still learn today.

Oh what am I talking about? I'm an Atheist, I can't have morals. I better just go out and rape babies huh?

Answer 2

Some things are obviously wrong with no question. As far as the questionable things, I guess it's what you were taught to believe or individuals feelings.

Answer 3

submitting oneself to the willingness of the CREATOR who created universe as mentioned in HIS revealed book Quran which HE sent to HIS Messenger Muhammad[peace be upon him]

Answer 4

Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong

Answer 5

I was taught by my parents, sister and brother.

Answer 6

From how you grew up.

If you grew up in a family that doesn't believe in murdering people, raping people or other things, are law abiding and live in a community that supports that (religious or not) then most of the children will grow up to be law abiding citizens.

A child growing up in a "mafiosa" family who believe in killing people or abusing people then the likelyhood is that children will grow up like that too.

There are exceptions of course...

Answer 7

when l do something wrong, l feel the sense of doubt, bitter within myself and believe that God is chastising me. but when l do right. I feel excited, joyish, and relax.

Answer 8

The Holy Spirit lets me know

Answer 9

You can just feel it,when somethings not right meaning wrong of course you usually get a weird/strange unwanted feeling kind of like a warning,when its right you might get a calming feeling or relaxed/happy feeling...anyone can tell the difference from right and wrong but some still chose to take the wrong path..

Answer 10

Ummm....they're spelled differently?

Answer 11

I'm right. You're wrong.

Answer 12

It has more to do with individual perceptions and religion.What you may think is right may be wrong in the view of another and vice-versa.

Answer 13

From your parents. Parents who do not do their job pass on their sin for generations, "the sins of the father are passed on to the 4th and 5th generation."

Answer 14

because of what my parents taught me. :)

Answer 15

no no no i don't think it is something that about our feelings or the morals from our parents...who said that the serial killer is sad when he kill somebody?may be he doesn't even feel guilty...!and our parents ,our society may be they get wrong somewhere we can't just accept it like this...absolutely by God..those who do't believe in god are really brainless..stop watching t.v and watching girls..take a breath..stay in a calm place and look to the sky..look to yourself and to every animal..every thing say it high"heeeey something great creat me you little human can be crushed right now and your selly problems mean nothing against this brilliant universe..if you have a right religion then it will absolutely matches your thoughts..it is simple..your pure mind can guide you to right and wrong the god gives it to us to think with it..and the right religion correct you when your mind get polluted or confused in away that matches your own pure not affected  thoughts..about my self Islam is fantastic to make you live a wonderful joyful life..and by the way middle east people don't reflect the islam...absolutely many of them don't unterstand it..if you want to know the real islam find american muslims,white muslims or any guy who changed his religion to Islam after a long thinking..not just born muslim!! have a tea with him and enjoy your time..i think those are the best people who knows the identity of Islam.

Answer 16

Right: is how I want to be treated,

Wrong: is how I do not wish to treated.

Do not do onto others anything that you do not want done unto yourself. Simple really.

Answer 17

now days the difference is slowly going away soon the world will be thrown into chaos

Answer 18

Hurting yourself and others... = wrong.

Answer 19

right and wrong are always in perspective and in the end they can only be applied to you person, while u can consider what other people are doing "wrong", if you where truly open minded or objective you would simply see it has "out of the norm". But, the way i learned morals was from my parents, they said do this this happend do that that happens. Do something to hurt your community they will hurt you. Cause and Effect the only real truth (stole that line from the matrix

Answer 20

My mother smacks my hand when I do wrong. Maybe she's god?

Answer 21

That is hard. It is one of the questions that deep thinkers have been trying to answer since the dawn of time.

For me, everything is gray. What would be a bad thing for one person to do would be fine for another. When I am thinking if I should do something or not I ask myself who it would harm and if it would be breaking any local  laws.

Also there is the question of "what can I sleep with at night". If I can do the thing and sleep well at night then I consider it fine. That is the real test.

I know I cannot be pefect but at the end of the day my goal is do to more good then harm as a person.

Answer 22

You are taught based on the morals of your parents and carers, the laws of the country within which you live and the morals that you chose to uphold.

Answer 23

right is when your happy about it and don't feel guilty

wrong is when your happy but with a little guilt

Answer 24

Of course.Right is what I say and do and wrong is if anybody disagrees.

Answer 25

In a simplified Freudian example of psychology they are dictated mostly by my ego and super-ego, with my super-ego as a inward expression of society/culture's norms, beliefs and customs.

Answer 26

God!

Of course, without religion (where all morals come from) the only 'wrong and right' is what is dictated by the legal system.

If it wasn't for the prospect of jail-time, all atheists would rape babies and rob elderly people.