Wrong

A wrong is a concept in law and ethics.

In law, a wrong can be a legal injury, which is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right. It can also imply the state of being contrary to the principles of justice or law. It means that something is contrary to conscience or morality and results in treating others unjustly.

In ethics, wrong is the opposite of right. In a relativist consideration of ethics, the factors affecting the way different cultures determine norms for what is wrong form part of the subject-matter of anthropology. All cultures seem to have degrees of wrongness, reflected at the extreme in behaviours that are treated as taboos.

Philosophy has given rise to the ideal that two wrongs do not make a right. It is notable, however, that three lefts do; and if left is right, then right is wrong, and three wrongs make it right, but still not right, giving rise to a paradox in which any number of wrongs which makes a right is never right, and a certain number of rights can make a wrong, with others making a partial wrong or grey area.

See also: right, evil, good, justice, and victim.