Friday 28 March 2008

Views on MORALLY WRONG vs. BAD BEHAVIOUR

Against the law = bad behaviour?

I think it’s really hard to decide what is considered bad behaviour. Things that are morally wrong aren’t always against the law like lying for example, and some things that are against the law aren’t morally wrong, like parking on yellow lines! So is something that’s illegal or something that’s morally wrong to be considered bad behaviour, or does it have to be both? Whose moral standards should bad behaviour be set by? Also is something that’s private, bad behaviour or does it have to effect others in a negative way to be bad behaviour (e.g. crime)? I think to be considered bad behaviour the behaviour must effect others either directly or indirectly in a negative way (i.e. infringe on someone’s rights or privacy).

This site tries to separate morally wrong behaviour from criminal behaviour:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3WVqgb7ZDoYC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=what+is+morally+wrong+behaviour&source=web&ots=4wiSwbKt5Y&sig=2z-HJRfXQM3xPnUxMuokem6oOUA&hl=en

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