Good and Evil

[unclesammy]

Originally Posted by tha Guardians

I believe that good has a large "gray area". What one may consider good or righteous, others may consider despicable. As for evil, I think it's well-defined. Any act that intentionally harms some one or some animal and is not necessary for survival is evil. Killings cows isn't evil. It's true, you can supplement yourself in other ways, but you must eat, and without cows a lot of people would be hungry.

If you kill a deer for hunting, that's bad. I wouldn't call it evil, because it keeps disease and animal population down, making towns and cities safe—namely the roads that occupy them. We're like a virus that takes over the land of others', but I know its not my fault for being born, so I must find some way to live.

If I go seal clubbing however? That's evil. It's killing for fun. How deranged.

Take these ideas and mold them to fit a human society, and there's my opinion.

You articulate my point exactly. These are all YOUR perceptions of good, evil, bad, and so forth. In some cultures, cows are sacred and killing them is evil. To the people clubbing the seals, they are not evil.

I believe something can be said about what is universally (more or less) good and evil, and that is within the thesis.