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If the "right thing to do" seemed wrong to you...would you still do it?




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Iseult Quadruple Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 11-Apr-2006 11:22am  
This is really too vague for me to answer. Depends.
blondie20
posted 11-Apr-2006 11:32am  
Maybe
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 11-Apr-2006 11:34am  
Depends on what it was. Who is defining it as the right thing to do?
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 11-Apr-2006 12:19pm  
This is way too vague a question for me to answer. I would have to have a little more context and a sense of what the repercussions might be. I'm not even sure what kind of situation would seem wrong to me if I knew it was the right thing to do.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 11-Apr-2006 12:40pm  
I'm not sure how "the right thing to do" would seem wrong to me.
xoxoYoUrMoMxoxo
posted 11-Apr-2006 12:41pm  
ok...well this is my survey and an example of what i mean is if like for example if a pregnet woman was going to have a baby but if she had the baby she'd die but the baby would live, but if she aborted it she'd live .The right thing to do? Abort it? Or if you saw a homeless person stealing....the right thing to do....turn him in?
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 11-Apr-2006 1:18pm  
oooh ethical dillemas. The thing that I noticed that has worked (so far) for every situation is to ask "What's the most important thing?" or "What's the most at stake?" Human life, health and safety usually top the list.
In the abortion scenario, you have to make a judgment call. Whose life is more important, the mom or the baby? That's a tough one to answer. Mom has unfinished business, possibly a family to attend to. There's a lot to lose when an adult dies. Some people would say the baby deserves life more because it hasn't had one yet.
Homeless person stealing is easy. Direct him to a food program. Stealing shouldn't happen in a town where there's multiple resources available. If you are too lazy to fill out paperwork, it's your own fault you aren't getting assistance.
paulyw Survey Central Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 11-Apr-2006 1:29pm  
I may do it, but it all depends.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 11-Apr-2006 1:42pm  
I wouldn't have any qualms about aborting a fetus to save the mother. I also suspect that most situations in which the mother might die, the fetus would die with her. But you're also asking what I would do, and I'll never be in that situation...
gsummers
posted 11-Apr-2006 2:28pm  
I have a good perception of whats right and whats wrong, so if something was the so called 'right thing to do', yet it still felt wrong to me, I would not do it.. I mean, who is making up the rules here on what the right thing is..

eg. Going to College would be the' right thing to do' for Jim, but it doesnt feel right to him, he wants to play the banjo in a bluegrass bar instead..
Lola 's family say its the 'right thing' to attend Sunday Mass' she doesnt feel right about this, she will go to the football match instead.
gsummers
posted 11-Apr-2006 2:36pm  
I see how you are going a bit deeper then my examples above, but If it still felt wrong in me to do the supposed right thing, No matter how harrowing the situation, I would still always listen to my gut... I trust myself in the end.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to gsummers) posted 11-Apr-2006 3:06pm  
I have a set of blank greeting cards that look like your avatar.
MiniMary
posted 11-Apr-2006 4:30pm  
This totally depends on the situation and the options available. I wish I could answer this but I can't...not enough information. Sorry.
Amanda
posted 11-Apr-2006 5:00pm  
Who's to say it's the right thing to do? If it seems wrong to me, I obviously don't think it's the right thing to do. Did someone tell me it's the right thing? Why does their opinion on it outweigh my own? I tend to do what I think is the right thing, regardless to what other people think. In the end, I'm the one that has to live with my decisions.
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber
posted 11-Apr-2006 6:23pm  
No, I don't think so.
verouge
posted 11-Apr-2006 7:32pm  
I rarely do something looks wrong even if I know that it's the right thing, bec i would have doubt in it.
CarolL Survey Qualifier
posted 11-Apr-2006 7:48pm  
Depends, but probably not.
RGirl
posted 11-Apr-2006 8:39pm  
Nope. Because I know best.
hypersky
posted 11-Apr-2006 8:44pm  
The right thing to do has to feel right, otherwise it's wrong. "No conflicting emotions, no problem," I say!
RGirl
posted 11-Apr-2006 8:48pm  
Sometimes 'right' is relative to the person experiencing the situation.
longhaultrucker
posted 12-Apr-2006 1:56am  
Do it a lot
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 12-Apr-2006 2:18am  
If in assuming "the right thing to do" is in someone else's opinion, it would be a different survey question. If not, than it's either the right thing to do, or it isn't in my opinion.
Either way, I must be so confused....If it didn't seem the right thing to do to me, than I wouldn't do it.
Shadow_Matt
posted 12-Apr-2006 9:09am  
It depends on what the situtation
mve17
posted 12-Apr-2006 10:10am  
The wrong thing to do is always more fun  * evil smile *
LuridHope Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 12-Apr-2006 4:42pm  
I think the right thing to do ALWAYS seems like the right thing to do, even if it is the wrong thing to do. I agree with the others this question could have been presnted with more clarity.
gambler Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 12-Apr-2006 6:38pm  
mmmm I really would have liked an example here?

You mean like, a 85yr old man driving and ran over a 10yr old Kid and was charged with vehicular manslaughter.......and I was on the jury and the right thing to do was send him to prison, but it seemed wrong?............... I dont know?
Zang
posted 12-Apr-2006 10:30pm  
If it seemed wrong to me, it could hardly be called the right thing to do, now could it?
CGTREE
posted 12-Apr-2006 11:03pm  
No, If the right thing to do seemed wrong to me then it wouldn't be the right thing to do...it would be the wrong thing to do.
Lahdee
posted 13-Apr-2006 8:09am  
No, I wouldn't ignore my convictions because society or another person thought something was the right thing, when I didn't.
they Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (9 minutes ago)
posted 15-Apr-2006 2:03am  
If it seemed wrong to me, then it's the wrong thing to do.
Maarten
posted 15-Apr-2006 7:12pm  
Yes, that would be typically me.
mandy Gold Qualifier
posted 15-Apr-2006 8:03pm  
No
Enigma
posted 18-Apr-2006 12:54am  
If it were the right thing to do (really the right thing) then I don't see how it would seem wrong. I just read your abortion scenario that puts this into a whole other category "morality" which cannot have a "right" and "wrong" answer that is the same for everyone. A lot of people believe a pregnant woman carries a human life unless she stops it from being born, therefore it would be a great sacrifice to give your life (which you've already had) for your babies. Others believe if the mothers life is threatened abortion is okay. So how can there be a right or wrong answer to this? It's relative to the person experiencing it. You should have given an example when you asked the question, I thought you were talking about something much more cut and dry.
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