Views on what is considered BAD BEHAVIOUR

There are probably lots of different individual views as to what constitutes bad behaviour. In my opinion bad behaviour or ‘being bad’ is anything that is considered morally wrong, harmful to others and illegal.

However, everything illegal isn’t morally wrong (for example parking on double yellow lines isn’t morally wrong) and everything morally wrong isn’t necessarily illegal. Therefore it’s hard to define all behaviours as acceptable or unacceptable because everyone will have different views.

There are loads of things considered bad: bad for our health (e.g. smoking), harmful/bad to others (e.g. infidelity) or bad to the environment (e.g. littering). Some bad behaviours might only be considered bad in certain contexts. For example, lots of people go out drinking and it’s accepted but drink driving is considered bad because of its harmful effects.

I think bad behaviour is anything that is harmful to others or effects the balance of society (e.g. antisocial behaviour).

The link below is from a news article which suggests bad behaviour (aggression) may be genetic. However, many genetic behaviour disorders have been successfully controlled and so I don’t think this should be an excuse of bad behaviour.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2165715.stm

This website shows lots of images of celebrities behaving badly. Many magazines thrive on the inclusion of these pictures in their magazines, is this because they’re frowned upon or because they set an example to young people?

http://www.myvillage.com/photos/drunk.htm