Quote Originally Posted by geoff
right and wrong are taught to a certian degree. your parents dont teach you everything about it because they are limited to their own experiences.

take this example of a conscience in us: people who die for their beliefs, did their parents tell them thats what is right? or did they make that judgement on their own?

or this example: you have a loved one in the hospital who is on life support. the doctors tell you there is no way they will come back, it is then up to you to decide whether or not to pull the plug. what is right and what is wrong in this situation? can you be taught what to do when you face this? NO...the simple answer is that we each have our own ideas of what is right and wrong. your conscience is much deeper than just dont do this or that. its not all black and white

also my last point on this. you say that right and wrong are taught and that its affected by the social view. who then decided what was right and wrong in the begining? did the first men and women have a meeting to decide this or is it something deeply embedded in each and every one of us?
no man its not embedded within us, only instinct is. Right and wrong are learned concepts. Its part of development as we grow up. Its societal and its subjective.