Everyone tries to be "right". Everyone thinks they're right, nobody honestly thinks they're wrong- otherwise what's the point?
Don't mistake "right" for being "good". Some people happily admit they're terrible, foul people... but they still think they're right. Everyone feels they have their right to be whatever they choose. Even if you're forced into doing something you don't think is "right", the person forcing you thinks they're "right" and you think you're "right" for thinking they're wrong.
But how can you trust what you think? How can anyone? Since when did we delude ourselves in thinking what we think is right is... well, "right"? The whole reason we argue is to defend what we believe in and what we believe in is correct.
Why doesn't anyone have the brutal honesty to stop and not trust themselves? Just because you're not mentally challenged doesn't mean what you think is going to be correct. And for the mentally unstable ones, it takes guts to resign yourself to that harsh reality of realizing what you believe to be right is not. But then again, who is to decide that what you believe isn't right in the first place? When the mentally unstable integrate back into society, are they really correcting themselves? And even then, which society? There are many societies, religions, cultures etc. that have different expectations of morals and what is "right".
How an earth do you convince yourself that what you think or believe in is correct? Is it confidence, arrogance or ignorance? When the complex human being realizes it is wrong, it quickly resolves this by correcting him/herself. Noble, yes, but how can you be sure? Is it a "gut feeling" you go upon? How can you trust your own judgement? How do you know you're not mentally unstable??
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