I’ve come to the hypothesis that there’s no such thing as “Right” or “Wrong”. Rather, there’s just people’s opinions and their abilities to enforce them.

For example, is it wrong to kill someone? Generally speaking, I think so. But think again: Governments kill people all the time and they’re usually justified for one reason or another. The Government kills people because they’re “bad guys”. But maybe the “bad guy” was just fighting for something he believed in and the government deemed his actions bad (the Government’s opinion) and had the massive resources to legally kill him (the Government’s ability to enforce its opinion). This has been true in wars for ages.

There are much less dramatic examples of “Right” versus “Wrong” and what makes various actions in various scenarios generally accepted as one or the other… and I’m not sure why I picked such a dark example, except perhaps that it’s often easier to explain phenomena at its extremes.

More casually, when thinking, “Is it right to do this?” or, “Is it right to do that?” I propose that it’s important to know that there’s a “Right” or “Wrong” according to one’s own opinion and belief systems, but also to keep in mind the nature and flexibility of the concepts overall. Basically, believe in yourself and your own opinions.

Now, just don’t go out killing people… that would be wrong!