Right and Wrong Part One

What is the difference between those two words? How do you know what is the right thing to do in life? Does growing up in a certain way determines a person's judgement on the difference between what is right and wrong? Are our morals driven by what our sociality wants it to be, or it is decided by the individual themselves? Can we alter our decision in life without changing our views on what is right and wrong? I have always thought about these kind questions when I first got interested in learning about ethics and morals. In order to satisfy myself in this particular matter, I came up with my own conclusions and theories.

From what I understand, right and wrong are two complete opposite words. This can be proven by their definitions in any dictionary. They are also a paradox of each other. A person can't be right and wrong at the same time. However, these two words are more similar than you know. They can actually be the same thing. Right can be wrong and wrong can be right. How is this possible? The answer lies in the human mind. Person A can consider whatever they are doing is the right thing to do, while person B can think that person A is doing the wrong thing. This of course causes a collision of two different mind thinking about what is right and wrong. I came up with two theories on why people have different views on this. One of them is that the sense of what is right and wrong is shaped by a person's personal experiences in life such as the things that they learn from other people, the places they grew up in, and the good or bad experiences that they have to dealt with in their life. My second theory is that it is all shaped naturally accordingly to the individual specific mindset/personality which creates a certain regime for that specific individual.

These two theories are not perfect, and they have many flaws. My first theory states that a person shapes their sense of right and wrong by their personal experiences in life. This not always true. For example, a person can grow up in a family of criminals, but they can actually choose to not follow in his or her family footsteps because they decide that whatever their family doing is wrong. If my first theory is correct, this example can't be true. Being born in a family of criminals means that you are expose to doing crimes everyday, and you are heavily influenced by the bad people around you for every second of your life. How is it possible that with all of this influence, it can't even shape a person sense of right and wrong?

Part one ends.

More to come in Part two.