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    Doing something right can lead to something wrong depending on intentions, time, and the people involved. Good intentions don't always lead to good outcomes, like how efforts to reduce pain led to increased opioid use and deaths. Similarly, something seen as right at one time, like plastic, is now seen as problematic due to environmental impacts. Additionally, an action seen as right by some, like Robin Hood stealing from the rich, was seen as wrong by others like the sheriff. In many ways, a moral action can become immoral due to changing contexts over time.

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    Doing something right can lead to something wrong depending on intentions, time, and the people involved. Good intentions don't always lead to good outcomes, like how efforts to reduce pain led to increased opioid use and deaths. Similarly, something seen as right at one time, like plastic, is now seen as problematic due to environmental impacts. Additionally, an action seen as right by some, like Robin Hood stealing from the rich, was seen as wrong by others like the sheriff. In many ways, a moral action can become immoral due to changing contexts over time.

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    Assignment 10

    July 19 2022

    How can doing something right lead to something wrong

    Distinguishing right from wrong can often be difficult, and it can be just as hard to

    define the two terms, as they are often up to personal interpretation. Generally speaking,

    doing something right is moral, just and lawful, while doing something wrong is quite the

    opposite : immoral, unjust and unlawful. That creates the question, how can doing something

    right lead to something wrong? Something right can turn into something wrong depending on

    intentions, time, and the people involved.

    Firstly, an action can be affected by a person's intentions. Someone acting with good

    intentions could still lead to doing something wrong. Take the quote, “the road to hell is

    paved with good intentions” (Psychology Today). It means that good intentions don't always

    have good outcomes. For example, something with good intentions led to something bad

    regarding the opioid crisis. “Good intentions to improve pain and suffering led to increased

    prescribing of opioids, which contributed to misuse of opioids and even death” (National

    Library of Medicine) Those who allowed the mass prescription of opioids had good

    intentions : to help people with their pain. However, their actions, regardless of their positive

    intention, led to immense drug use and thousands of deaths related to opioids. Thus, their

    good intentions caused something bad. In this way, doing something right can lead to doing

    something wrong if a person has good intentions.

    Second of all, actions can be affected by time. Someone could do something that is

    right in the present, but overtime, it could turn into something wrong, like with the creation

    and use of plastic. When first created, plastic was extremely important, as it made a variety of
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    items “affordable to many more people” (Science Museum). However, with time it has

    evolved to become a huge problem rather than a positive. Now, “much of the planet is

    swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health”

    (National Geographic). Something that was good and useful in the past has now become a

    huge problem for our planet, our animals and our own health. Hence, something right in the

    past can turn into something wrong in the future.

    Finally, actions can be affected by the people involved. Something could seem right

    to one person, but could seem wrong for another person. A perfect example is the story of

    Robin Hood, “who would steal the tax money from the Sheriff to give it back to the poor”

    (Bedtime Short Stories). For Robin Hood and the poor people of his town, he was doing

    something good, as the money helped the poorer families. However, to the Sheriff and to

    outside parties, the doings of Robin Hood were wrong, because he was stealing money which

    is illegal. In this situation, what’s good for one group is bad for another, and this is another

    way that doing something good could turn into something wrong.

    In conclusion, there are many ways that doing something right can lead to something

    wrong. It all depends on intentions, time and people involved. Because of these, something

    moral, just, and lawful can turn into quite the opposite in the blink of an eye. There is a fine

    line between right and wrong, and it’s clear that it’s quite simple to cross it.
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    Works Cited

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    Psychology Today. August 16 2010. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/resilience -

    bullying/201008/principle-one-road-hell-is-paved-good-intentions. Consulted July 19th 2022.

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    Parker, Laura. “The world’s plastic pollution crisis explained”. National Geographic.

    June 7 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution.

    Consulted July 19th 2022. Website.

    Rummans, Teresa. “How Good Intentions Contributed to Bad Outcomes : The Opioid

    Crisis”. PubMed. March 2018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29502564/. Consulted July

    19th 2022. Website.

    Science Museum. “The Age of Plastic : From Parkesine to Pollution”. Science

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    istry/age-plastic-parkesine-pollution#:~:text=Belgian%20chemist%20and%20clever

    %20marketeer,phenol%2C%20under%20heat%20and%20pressure. Consulted July 19th

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    Sharma, Shreya. “Robin Hood Short Story”. Bedtime Short Stories. January 19 2016.

    https://www.bedtimeshortstories.com/robin-hood-short-story. Consulted July 19th 2022.

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