The right thing

It seems that most situations provide us with a few options from which to choose.  There is the right thing to do, there is the convenient thing to do and there is the pragmatic thing to do.  Obviously, there is also the wrong thing to do, but most people don't argue in favor of that. 
I would suggest that most people will respond, thinking that they are doing the best thing, based upon their worldview.  This means that everyone has beliefs about life stemming from their childhood, from education, from culture and from environment.  Most of these beliefs move us and direct us without our even thinking about it.
The curious thing about this is the way in which we too often judge others for their responses to situations, when really they are doing what they believe to be best.  Really, our best response upon seeing or experiencing someone else's actions is to assume the best.  We ought to assume that we don't have all the details, and that their response is the best response, for them, in this particular context.
But for ourselves, we need to be much more critical.  We ought to question everything we do and judge it by the light of Christ. Are we responding in love?  Are we responding out of selflessness?  Have we thought through what would be the best response?
Usually, the pragmatic response is one in which we judge the outcome to be most to our benefit.  The convenient response would be the one that would be easiest and the least imposing.  But the right response should be the response of love to God and/or neighbor.  It would not take into account how the response would effect us.  The right response may be a major imposition upon us and our lifestyle.  It may be uncomfortable. But the right response is the response of love.  It puts others first and looks to eternity for the lasting fruit.
Ultimately, the right answer is the life of faith in Christ. Anything else is a cheap, shallow imitation.