Sunday, July 8, 2007

Messy moral muddle

What do you think about doing the right things for the wrong reasons? Sometimes it is viewed as a very good thing (perhaps in the case of modern-day home teaching or 8 year olds that get baptized to make their friends and parents happy) and other times it is seen as slightly more negative (for instance: Cain). What creates the difference? Is it the degree of the wrong reason? The degree of the right thing? A comparison of the degrees? I've been told to "fake it 'til you make it" and that seems like a decent idea until you realize that perhaps that "faking it" leads to many of the problems in the world. Insincerity seems to be rampant and it destroys relationships, families, businesses, societies and lives. When you put it that way it doesn't seem like such a hot idea. So....what gives?

On the flipside, what about the wrong things for the right reasons? What does that even mean? Is there a "right reason" to do the wrong thing or does it then become the right thing to do?

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