My recent conversation with a couple friends proved that most people believe that an action that makes one feel embarrassed afterwards is "immoral." For example, cursing some annoying caller on your phone without realizing that that "caller" is a Minister at a nearby church. That caller is trying by all means to get the gospel's message accross the nation. Temperamentally, speaking the words of malice or intimidating a minor is one of the examples. However, I personally kinda disagree with my friends because not every action that leaves a person with some sense of guilt and embarrassment is "immoral."
For example, I am texting while walking to an escalator, at a mall. Mistakenly, I miss a step. I fall or maybe roll over and over the escalator>>> perhaps, my eye glasses break and my wallet opens. Some coins and credit cards spread all over. I rise and collect my stuff shyly. Someone among the crowds assists me...
This senario illustrates how we make unplaned mistakes by inviting an embarrassment. My falling is 100% not immoral. I was not supposed to text while walking. Therefore, I broke some kind of rules to myself. My falling, however, is not crime or immorality. In this way, I have proven that all actions that make one feel embarrassed are not necessarily immoral. Apparently, whether an action is wrong or right the judgment has to be biased. Our judgment are generally based on what we have been told/taught. Which action is immoral then?
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by: Nikiwe P. Ngcongo
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