Should we be concerned with what is right or what is good? Both are complex terms with enormous philosophical and sociopolitical implications. For instance, what is right may necessarily not be what is good, and conversely. The "right" has a legal connotation with accord with the procedural dynamics of democracy. The "good" has an ethical connotation which goes beyond legalese. Yes, there is an obligatoriness attached to doing what is right, but much more, doing what is good has to do with the inherent worth or value of what needed to be done. And worth or value is attached to what ultimately enhances the life of the person doing it.
Are we even confronted with either the right or the good in this election? Well, may be doing what is right may force us to follow the legal requirements of voting. But doing what is good might make the entire process repulsive in the first place. Here, what is good turns out not to be what is right.
Adeshina Afolayan, PhD
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
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Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
+23480-3928-8429
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, 11:33:54 AM GMT+1, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
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