Good and Evil Do Not Exist...

[BrokeProphet]

The terms good and evil are man made. In the end it is all relative to who percieves them. What is good for you is evil for me and vice versa.

Example. Stealing is evil. Killing is evil. But sometimes you must do both for survival. So good and evil are only relative to survival. When you live in a nice country like america and are afforded a higher lifestyle it is THEN easier to see many, many things as evil that are in fact not. If you lived in an african village you would see stealing food as a good thing.

I am just wondering what is good and evil for everyone out there.

[Deoz]

Originally Posted by BrokeProphet

If you lived in an african village you would see stealing food as a good thing.

Not if you're the one being stolen from.

[Lord. Better Than You]

I'm not completely sure that a certain evil exists..........

[BrokeProphet]

Originally Posted by Deoz

Not if you're the one being stolen from.

Which would make good and evil relative to the individual......like I said.

[Pilsu]

Malice is evil

[Obbe]

Different sides to the same coin, their just different perspectives.

[Cash Stealer]

hahah, i think stealing food from a poor african thats hungry is wayyy more fucked up than stealing from an american

you made it sound like an african stealing food is "okay" to survive. It's still fucked up that you're stealing from another starving african!

[FreedomHippie]

Originally Posted by Cash Stealer

you made it sound like an african stealing food is "okay" to survive. It's still fucked up that you're stealing from another starving african!

but who is it fucked up to? If your doing the stealing your fuckin so happy that you have food. The person you stole from may think it was evil, but that is only their perception. Anything, can be good or evil, what it really comes down to is your position in the matter. Whether somthing is "okay" or not is again just another perception of yourself, and doesnt really have anything to do with good or evil, unless you make it so.

[Kazz]

Tomorrow, I shall make a post in here containing an argument against moral absolutism.

Tonight, I shall sleep.

[Thunderhammer]

My impression of how society views the subject of good/evil;

Benevolence = good.

Malevolence = Evil.

EDIT: I also find it amusing to note that evil gets an entire term to itself.