Let's do the right thing

Let's do the right thing, and not just do things right.

Societal's expectations can cause us to be too politically correct. Doing the right thing may be frowned upon and makes us feel uncomfortable. Just doing things right, will get us out of trouble and stay out of the limelight. It becomes the comfortable option. We are tired, I don't want to fight...and soon the right things don't matter anymore!

Although, the judgement of what is "right" can sometimes be a function of whose perspectives/ lens we are using and the arguement can be tenuous. I argue that it should not be judged by how being right may be abused by others. Take the example of payment for donor in living donor kidney transplant. One can argue that this is not the right thing to do because it is subject to abuse of the poor and the vulnerable, but if in doing so if we deny one legitimate willing donor to save the life of one who needs it would be a sorry mistake indeed. Because plugging the "loopholes" may not be comprehensive, the easy way out is to "do things right" and stop this policy (I certainly hope not as the results of the latest public consultation of HOTA would attest to).

How many others situations can we think about that we have resorted to doing things right and not the right thing?

Growing up, I have always been intrigued by a popular pop song with the lyrics "Are you going back to the one you love, or are you going back to the one who loves you?"

Which is Right and are we going to do?