Right and Wrong Are Relative Terms

Right and wrong are relative terms. They depend on the person. What you consider to be wrong, someone else might consider to be right.

Here’s an example. I grew up in Chihuahua, a northern state in Mexico, and a very ‘hot’ state with drug cartel activity because of its proximity to the United States. Drugs flow through the state and into the US and cartels are consistently fighting for territory.

I remember watching a documentary on National Geographic, where the host interviewed cartel members in the mountains of Chihuahua. To see how they lived, why they decided to get involved in drug trafficking, and how they perceived what they did.

When the host asked one of the hitmen, “Do you think killing other human beings is wrong?” He said, “No. It’s my job. It pays well. And there are not many opportunities elsewhere. I have to feed my family. And also, the people I kill are involved in this business.”