No I don't agree, as I think doing wrong is mostly cultural isn't it? The rules are set by society and in one culture wrongdoing could be punished whereas in another it's hardly noticed.
If you look at intercultural material, there are a large number of behaviours/actions that are regarded as 'wrong' across the piece. These can range from 'major' things like murder and theft to 'smaller' ones like lying. Obviously, there are also cultural-specific 'wrongs' (I was told off when working at the Nursing College in Nepal for whistling in the open - only acceptable in private there!!), but there are a surprising number that are culture-crossing, as it were.
When things go wrong is when a person reacts to an injury (whether psychical or physical) with a response that is based on fear or inability or mistake etc.
So what about the common incident of a child telling their teacher some tall-tale as to why they haven't done their homework? Where's the 'injury' in this? Isn't the punishment ('injury') a reaction to the failure to produce the homework, rather than vice versa.?
Think of a plant growing in natural conditions ...
I think that there is quite a sizeable difference in the nature of a plant and a human being. For one, the latter can choose to do certain things (or not); not aware that a plant can.
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