Sunday, September 8, 2013

Good and evil

Good and evil? Pfffft. I'd call it good(ish) people doing bad things. There is no such thing as evil. Evil is the concept of constant malicious behavior. There is no such thing as good. Good is the concept of constant beneficial behavior. Therefore, seeing as nobody could ever stick to only malicious or only beneficial behavior, nobody can be good or evil. In the example provided in the prompt, returning the wallet is not “good”, it’s just the right thing to do. Neither would keeping it be “evil”, it’s just not a very nice thing to do. Also, the word choice for these connotations are not appropriate. Evil is a much more meaningful word than good is. How much more often do you hear “good” than you hear “evil”? Lots and lots and lots, I would imagine.  

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