What is Right and Wrong?

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There have always been two sides to every issue. The right side, usually told by the first person to speak, and the wrong side, inferred irrationally by the opposed. In the article"Ethical Relativism: Who's to Judge What's Right and Wrong?" Louis Pojman addresses the belief that society dictates what is right and wrong. He provides three different theses on how morality is viewed and accepted. He categorizes these as "An Analysis of Relativism" (14). When …

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…moral ribbon. The struggle over what is right and what is wrong can be a lifelong endeavor. The struggle is done at the personal level and then released into society. When the individual views are acceptable and society believes in a different perspective, that person may need to justify their viewpoint, and this justification may change society. When society accepts and believes this differing and justified viewpoint, the culture and morality ribbon is then changed.