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RE: The Power to Create Good and Evil

in #philosophy8 years ago

Perhaps you have a post covering the somewhere, but I’m curious as to what is your definition of evil. Are there grat areas? I have taught classes on this very subject and whether from the philosopher’s viewpoint or from the more esoteric religious stance there are always the what if’s. I find more conservative religious types tend to have a very solid answer for what evil is. As you said yourself, we have a co created reality... Which inherently involves all that participate in the creation to be contributors to the result. Without vocabulary that we all agree upon and definitions of reality that can fit the majority we are constantly simply fighting against each other just to meet the status quo. On my end I know, personally, it gets very tiring and it is easy to get overwhelmed. One can throw their hands up in the air and simply give up, even if that means feeling guilty later for doing so LOL which inherently involves all that participate in the creation to be contributors to the result. Without vocabulary that we all agree upon and definitions of reality that can fit the majority we are constantly simply fighting against each other just to meet the status quo. On my end I know, personally, it gets very tiring and it is easy to get overwhelmed. One can throw their hands up in the air and simply give up, even if that means feeling guilty later for doing so LOL But even if we keep on and prevail and try to do right and try to be good, without policing the others around us and just focusing on our own actions... We can make a difference. I have always thought this but the older I get the more I realize that it may not be enough and that the world is teeming with corruption which is expanding at a rate that is very difficult to keep up with. If you were to have the ability to dictate one major change, or one issue that you could just wake the whole world about what would it be? I’m curious to see what do you think is the most evil of influences on the world today?

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Evil is a word symbol to describe harm that is created by human behavior, and it has varying degrees of applicability. It's a general symbol, like good is. Good doesn't produce detriments, but produces benefits alone. Defining our terms is crucial. We end up in semantic misunderstandings as a result of not using the same meaning for words to communicate. I would get people to see the error of devaluing other animal life, and taking the life of free innocent beings that did us no harm when we don't need to survive that way anymore. We can move beyond mere survival mindsets and get rid of behavior that is harming others who think, feel and act, who have offspring, eyes, blood, breathe, etc. That is a root at many levels. If people acted in harmony with values to not steal the lives of other beings, then we would treat other humans much better and not do the same.