The human mind is wierd. The kind of double standards that we follow are so amazing at times that if someone were to just call a spade a spade, all of us would just burn in hell. I've always maintained that the most important factor for me is that I "do the right thing", which in turn will let me sleep in peace. Fair enough! but who decides the right thing?
The fact of the matter is that WE do. And when our line is crossed, that very line is erased and redrawn at a point which is suitable pertaining to that particular situation. Many situations might not require us to erase any lines. But once in a while, a situation compels you to think and redrawing the line becomes the "right thing to do". A very simplified example would be if I asked you if you would bribe the traffic cop if he caught you jumping a signal? Maybe not. But what if you were headed for an interview for your so called dream job? hold on... this might still be a very materialistic point of view, but what if you had to get to the hospital to save your dying mother? ...
The ethical scenarios are by far the most tricky ones. And certain situations lead us to repercussions which are probably irreversible. Life goes on, and I realize that one just CANNOT be stuck up with any "ideal" or "values". The second anyone gets stuck up with an "ideal", nature loves to throw a situation where one is forced to rethink, probably not redraw the line permanently, but at least for that particular situation. And this is true of every aspect of life, it just seems to always work in a way to stump us forcing one to rethink all the time.
I am forced to think that this IS the only way of life, and there is no ideal "ideal". Ideals are part of a culture that we imbibe into us while we grow up in society. Culture deteriorates with the passage of time and ideals once considered ideal are rubbished by future generations. Culture thus goes through a gradual transformation. My search for perfection is never ending, that probably is the charm of it all, the continuity of it all ... Utopia still eludes me ... :) ...
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2 comments:
really cool and i agree..the "right thing to do" many times becomes an evaluation at a moment-to-moment basis. Ultimately there is nothing right or wrong. If we believe cannibalism is a bad thing now think about how in some cultures (even now) or pandemically acceptable it used to be many many years ago..!! What is "right" is very fluid and it changes and it has GOT TO be modified...there is no absolute..
dude u would not believe a week back i was having an argument on the exactly same lines wiht rohan and purva:) where i was saying its we who decode whats right and whats wrong... and change the definition in a second when we find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation... it felt like deja vu reading the same thoughts:)
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