Do We Judge Others By Their ACTIONS But Ourselves By INTENTIONS?

 

In this rowdy world we co-exist, it seems that many of us [a majority in fact] is a judge by him/herself.  We tend to have this idea that some things are right and others are wrong.  That kind of BLACK or WHITE stuff, whew!  YES, this seems to form the basis as to WHY we consider ourselves as perfect beings in some circumstances.  In the process of being that way, we become JUDGMENTAL and only our worldviews are real  REALLY?  Do We REALLY Judge Others By Their ACTIONS But Ourselves By INTENTIONS???

In the face of man, no matter how noble our intentions are, if the consequences of our action are bad, trust me, we will be judged badly and harshly NO less.  Without tainting cultures, in Nigeria, if you help a hit and run victim on the highway, you are kind of risking that dreadful 'life sentence'  OR at least a life imprisonment if the subject victim eventually dies.  YES, sadly, that is one big problem that even in this 21st century, a country like Nigeria does still prosecute such act blindly WHEREAS in the First World where functional CCTV's are normal, people DON'T get prosecuted for such a noble act.  WHAT explains that huge disparity???

In the judicial space, while I am NOT a lawyer, typically, a judge in a court of law will tend to focus more on the facts before him that provides supporting grounds to the case at hand instead of looking into the intentions of the accused.  WHILE I am NOT a constitutionalist, I would hear experts exclaim that "THIS OR THAT" was NOT what the law is all about because of its unstated intent and spirit behind the provisions of the law.  WHAT a paradox here, the law seems to sow confusion???

YES, it is also true that INTENTIONS may NOT be easily get perceived OR understood because we DON'T know WHAT the person was thinking before carrying that specific act.  HOWEVER, WHY do we want our personal INTENTIONS to be judged and NOT our actions?  ISN'T that quite an inconsistency that seems to throw that 'parity principle' out of the window???

Our takeaway:  We need to raise our consciousness by several notches [if NOT decibels] WHEN discerning WHAT is perceived versus WHAT is factual.  Is this HOW we are programmed from the beginning OR did our societal mores did influence our thought processes towards this direction?  Verily true, most of our behaviors [IF NOT ALL] are learnt from our respective societies.  It could be then somehow argued that society probably taught us to reason things that way.  So, DO WE JUDGE OTHERS BY THEIR ACTIONS BUT OURSELVES BY OUR INTENTIONS???