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Knowing right and wrong || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Acharya Prashant
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Intelligence
Right and Wrong
Morality
Stupidity
Individuality
Society
Ethics
Fear
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that our conventional sense of right and wrong is entirely borrowed from external sources such as parents, society, and religion. He argues that ethics and morality are often imposed from the outside rather than being discovered through one's own intelligence. This reliance on borrowed values results in a botched version of humanity, where people repeat mantras like "speak the truth" while the world remains full of liars and violence. He points out that what is considered right or wrong varies across different countries, religions, and time periods, proving how fallible and incomplete these external standards are. According to Acharya Prashant, the only true wrong is to be stupid, which he defines as being distracted, inattentive, and failing to exercise one's own intelligence. He observes that people often live like garbage bins, collecting beliefs, goals, and a sense of purpose from others. He encourages individuals to stop being afraid of their own intelligence and to face the fear that comes with acting independently. He asserts that the only right action is to act with intelligence, even if society labels such an individual as a fool or a criminal. He concludes by urging the listeners to stop living a dictated life and to have the guts to live a life that is truly their own.