Is it better to do wrong or the unethical knowing you're wrong or being unethical? Or is it better to do wrong or the unethical not knowing that's what you're doing? exaclty in the way -they know ehen in no wise. during indeed hell marry. Rather fafalse hell divorse.
It's the knowledge that something is unethical or "wrong" that makes it "wrong." Not knowing what you're doing is "wrong" is ignorance, but knowing it's wrong and doing it anyway is disfunction. Of course...that leads to the question of what is "wrong"...Is it something defined by society or defined by the individual? Is it universal or is it personal?
i agree. it is like the idea of sin in that if you dont know that what you are doing is wrong, then it cant be a sin. its only when you know you are doing something wrong it becomes sinful. so to answer, its much worse to do a wrong/unethical action that you know physically is wrong yet do it anyway.
could you do something based on if you no the definition of it? i mean how whould you know what you are doing if you dont know what the definition of what you are doing is? Edit: i dont know if i didnt know what toast meant how whould i know that i am eating toast?
It is neither better nor worse. All you must be able to contend with are consequences that our culture has laid forth throughout the generations - how pitiful it all is.
I think it's unfair to suggest that "wrong" and "unethical" mean the same thing. I think when it comes to ethics, we all can feel inside what the right thing to do is. Wrong in what sense? In what the law says is wrong? In what culture or religion says is "wrong"? What's wrong for some can be perfectly fine for others. Or is it the thing that seperates us from animals? The feeling we get when we know deep inside that what we did wasn't morally right? If this is the case, then he knows what he did was wrong, even if it wasn't told to him. But to answer the question, I think it's better to do wrong not knowing that what you're doing is wrong. how can you shit on someone for doing something wrong when the person who did it truly didn't feel like what he did hurt himself or anyone around him ?
To do what is wrong or what is unethical without knowing it is wrong or unethical is not so much better, but more excusable. If a new born puppy pees on the floor, it is simply relieving its bladder and does not know it is wrong so we train them what is right. However, when my dog, who knows much better than a puppy about where he is supposed to pee, is a more unexcusable case when he marks my textbook. It is wrong and he knows it. The same idea can be applied to most cases where one does what he or she knows is wrong but does it anyway - they are punished.
