Wrong 276167 223406830 2008-07-03T23:06:27Z J.delanoy 2372780 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/90.210.143.84|90.210.143.84]] to last version by J.delanoy (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{otheruses}} A '''wrong''' or being '''wrong''' is a concept in [[law]], [[ethics]], and [[science]]. In a colloquial sense, '''wrongness''' usually refers to a state of incorrectness, inaccuracy, error or miscalculation in any number of contexts. More specifically, being "'''wrong'''" refers to a situation wherein an individual has made an error or misjudgment. == Law == 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. If the loss caused by a wrong is minor enough, there is no compensation, which principle is known as ''de minimis non curat lex''. Otherwise, damages apply. == Ethics == In [[ethics]], wrong is the opposite of right. In a [[Moral relativism|relativist]] consideration of ethics, the factors affecting the way different [[culture]]s determine [[Norm (philosophy)|norms]] for what is wrong form part of the subject-matter of [[anthropology]]. == Science == A scientific concept is said to be wrong if it can be used to make specific [[predictions]] of the results of [[experiment]]s, but those predictions do not correspond with physical reality (i.e. the concept can be [[falsification|falsified]] in the [[Karl Popper|Popperian]] sense, and has also been shown to be false). [[Wolfgang Pauli]] is said to have coined the phrase "[[not even wrong]]" to describe concepts that cannot be falsified (either because they do not refer to measurable effects, or because they are too incoherent to be used to make predictions). == See also == *[[Right]] *[[Evil]] *[[Goodness and value theory]] *[[Justice]] *[[Guilt]] *[[Guilt (law)]] ==References== *Willis, Hugh. ''Principles of the Law of Damages''. The Keefe-Davidson Co.: St. Paul, 1910. [[Category:Philosophical terminology]] [[Category:Core issues in ethics]] [[Category:Law]] [[Category:Philosophy of science]] [[Category:Scientific terminology]] [[ar:غلط]] [[simple:Wrong]] [[sv:Falskhet]]