It struck me recently something absolutely hilarious; most people want to do the right thing, yet as a race i do not think we can decide on what the right thing is!
You have the Jewish, who use the Torah as a means to determine what is right and wrong. What can be eaten, etc.
You have the who knows how many Christ followers who use their Bible to determine what is right and wrong. Then some decide to throw in a few bits as well.
You have the Islamic who have the Koran as a measure that also provides insight in how to handle other life issues as well.
Buddhism and Tao, i am not familar with their religious texts, but they seem to have the simplest method of determining right and wrong. If it harms it is wrong, but yet just about every choice you make will harm some one or something.
So is there an actual right and wrong? Is it all subjective?
Take for example death. In America taking another's life is wrong, punishable by imprisonment or death. I can understand the want or need to take bad genes out of the available pool for reproduction, but does killing a killer make you the better person?
Americans consider it cruel to allow an animal to suffer, yet justified to allow another human to suffer if they meet certain criteria. That criteria ranges from gay to poor to just unfortunate, after all the person "must" have done something wrong to deserve the suffering. But I ask you; the child with cancer did he or she who was born with it do something wrong in the womb? How could he or she have done anything? What about the virtuous spouse stricken with AIDs from an unfaithful spouse? Should we force such a person to endure a horrible slow death? Is it wrong?
While adversity builds character should someone have to suffer god awful amounts of pain for us to feel justified in our life, beliefs or other random cognitive function? After all if one made ones pets live in the conditions we allow our weakest to live one would be accused of abuse and neglect.
