Is it possible to do wrong if you don't have the knowledge of right versus wrong?

Question

Is it possible to do wrong if you don't have the knowledge of right versus wrong?

Answer 1

No action is considered righteous or immoral. It is only debated when you start to think.

Answer 2

Sure, but you just wouldn't know it was wrong.

Answer 3

If a wolf  were to grab a sheep , do you think it would  incur  any sin (for depredation & larceny ) ?

              If you don't have a conscience , there're no wrongdoings. You can't do anything right either !

Answer 4

Yes.

Answer 5

may be wrong from other's point of view.

Answer 6

If I drop a brick on your toe, does it hurt less

if I didn't see your foot there?

Answer 7

Knowledge can function only in opposites,it would be better to resolve this duality first.

Answer 8

Yes, absolutely! But in general, I think it is hard to be raised in this world without subconsciously picking up and understanding what is right and wrong.  A perfect example is television.  We may be watching a show that has no relation to ourselves, or even a show that has no believable themes in today's world, but the story and the characters are making a choice to do the right or wrong thing in the situation.  We pick up on this, and learn what this means to ourselves.  

And unless you are living in your own little bubble, when you make this wrong decision because you don't have the knowledge, I believe someone will let you know of their displeasure, which translates to wrong in your brain.  And even then, if you have a mind and conscious, you will learn from this experience.

Thanks for reading!

Answer 9

are you saying people don't know the difference between right or wrong? doubt it. everything is a choice.

Answer 10

Yes, because unlike popular belief, ignorance is not bliss.  Ignorance just leads to making unwitting mistakes in one's lack of understanding -- and that can have horrific catastrophic effects, such as destroying one's own planet by believing that our specific species is somehow superior to the environment which sustains and houses us and that were created to do whatever we like with it.  Or harmlessly playing with a complex chemistry kit far beyond your understanding and unwittingly splitting an atom or something.   But the problem is, since it is done in ignorance, you usually learn about its affects far too late to prevent them from happening or to repair the damage done.  The events of a single event can scar generations of people afterward and some of us seem to think that it was okay because we were ignorant when we did the damage.

Think: is your neighbor's family going to forgive you for backing your car over their little girl simply because you didn't know she was there or couldn't perceive that she was there by normal methods of driving technique?  Most likely not.  

Ignorance or lack of perception and understanding is never bliss.  Ignorance kills and generations after suffer from it's effects.  Therefore, it should be one's prerogative to learn as much as they can about the nature of the universe in which they live, not only via direct interaction and contemplation, but through the mistakes made by other generations of ignorant humans so we do not repeat them in our own ignorance that someone has already made that mistake and/or how badly it has affected or still may be affecting our world...

Answer 11

Wrong can be done unknowingly, though it can not be intended mistakenly.

Answer 12

Yes.  For the same (philosophical) reason, for example, that giant squid exist even though I have never seen or heard of them.  Or that day follows night (or vice versa) even though I were blind.  One winds up just as dead if he doesn't see the lightning bolt that kills him coming.

Strained analogy?  Yeah, I suppose.  But I just don't like the idea that ignorance is an excuse for poor behavior.  And...these words are here whether Joe Schmoe in East Cupcake Tennessee reads them or not.

Answer 13

Morality is Subjective, so no.  This is a hard view to take, because it makes it easier to justify one's actions.