When Right and Wrong Can Be Argued Forever, the Only Way to Function Is To Draw a Line and Never Cross It
Nothing is absolute. Not size, not goodness, not meaning. Everything is comparison. Big and small, good and bad, right and wrong, none of it exists on its own. It only exists when compared to something else. An elephant is big next to a human, but small next to a blue whale. The Earth feels huge, but not when you stand it next to the Sun. So what is big, really? Nothing. Just a point of comparison. Is something right or wrong? It depends who you ask. And when. And where. Morality works the same way. People say killing is bad. But is it? What about in war? What about in self-defense? What if the person is about to do something terrible? What if they already have? Suddenly, we’re no longer sure. We start asking, How terrible? Can we be sure he will? What if stopping him saves more people? But then again, who decides what is terrible, or who is worth saving? That’s the problem. When everything becomes subjective, we can argue anything. And if anything can be argued, then nothing can ever ...