But when we see that the sinfulness of an act lies, not in the deed itself, but in its relation to those whom it affects, it is not difficult to see how any given action may be both good and bad. We can place almost any conceivable deed into two opposite environments and transform it from a crime into that which is commendable, and vice versa .
Circumstances provide the moral clothing of human activities.
The eating of fruit is often urged as an aid to health. And such it usually is. No act is sin in itself. Under some conditions it may be right. In others it is wrong.