I think that quote is made for school.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So you are saying that what is popular is not always right.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So if 51% of people decided that killing babies with blue eyes is morally correct, does that make it right?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, that's stupid. Kill babies without blue eyes

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do you really need to ask?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, if that's what the cool kids are doing..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, if that figure was 99% or 100%, then essentially, that *would* make it right in that particular society of people, because nearly nobody would think otherwise. (If that makes sense?) 51% is only barely a majority, so that number of people would hardly have control over everything, because the other 49% would be opposing them. Once you get to around 90% of the population thinking the same thing, they aren't really going to have very much/strong opposition.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No. Lots of people used to think the world was flat, I'm not sure what percentage, but I'm pretty sure the over whelming majority did. That didn't make the world flat and the majority of people thinking murder for murders sake is right doesn't make it right either.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But the concepts of right and wrong can't be seen or proven. So if every person in the world (or just an overwhelming majority) thought that some random thing was/wasn't morally wrong, then that would basically be true. Does that make sense? Like, apparently the Aztecs (or some other ancient civilization) used to sacrifice people. That was "right" and acceptable, because everyone there/then thought it was. Trying to sacrifice someone now would be wrong and unacceptable, because everyone thinks it is.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well that makes it complicated though. In philosophy right and wrong is associated with pleasure and pain. So if it brings pain, it's not right and vice-versa. But in a society that has accepted that pain = right, then the sacrifices would also be right. That is assuming the people causing the pain are also willing to go through that pain. However if that's not something that the leaders are willing to do, then I can't say what they're doing is right.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So, because the Nazi party had control over Germany, that made the holocaust right?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not by our standards, but maybe by theirs at the time.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

i guess since the majority of vote on this are down so it looks like you are wrong

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But then if he's wrong, then that means he IS right. It's a never ending paradox!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

o_o

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not really. Like discrimination in Germany to the Jews in World War 2, it was unpopular not to discriminate against them at that time, but it wasn't right to do it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago