Mistakes are one of the inescapable results of the actions of human beings. Being a human it is impossible to be perfect and without mistakes. I would definitely argue that there can not be a single person who hasn't made mistakes, hasn't said yes while wanting to say no, hasn't regretted things wishing to have done them better or in a different way.
I am sure that nobody would argue with the fact that every human makes mistakes. But can we really blame somebody for making a mistake? Is it philosophically right to say that so and so made such and such mistake and needs to be punished in such and such way? Have we ever seriously punished ourselves for making serious mistakes? Why is that? Is it alright only when we do them? Lets be honest don't we all have this deep feeling inside us that we are somehow right at the moment what ever it is that we may be doing? Well it's because it's true. The reason for that argument is short and simple. That is that for whatever we do we do have a sufficient and convincing reason for it subconsciously. Whatever a person does that person has a good enough and convincing reason for it. In fact that person is compelled to do so by his reasoning or by natural(God given) desires and weakness that rule out his reasoning at that time. For example if somebody shouldn't eat sweets and comes across some his reasoning tells him/her not to, but if his natural(God given) strength doesn't allow him or doesn't resist it enough so he is compelled to do so. Or if somebody shouldn't steal but has no choice in order to eat, even though it may be wrong his reasoning at that time tells him/her to do so. Whether he/she is convinced that he/she has to do it or whether he/she is too week to resist the idea he/she can not do otherwise. I also have to say that anybody is right to feel anger and furious towards certain actions of certain people if that is what their reasoning or uncontrollable feeling is. whatever a person does at that time it is the right thing to do for that person and that person couldn't have done otherwise just as it is the right thing for you(the reader) to read this article right now.
So is it philosophically right to judge people and condemn them based on their actions? You be the judge of that!
No comments:
Post a Comment