...Think about it. What does it mean to be "Good", or "Bad"? Isn't it all just perspective? No one wants to be "Bad", they in fact may think they are "good". So what makes us put things in these categorys?
What makes "Good" good, and "Bad" bad?
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A lack of better words I'd say. It's the good old black and white discussion. There are only shades of gray and even that always lies in the eyes of the beholder.Moo of the seven said:
This is a bit too vague so I don't really understand your point, are you asking us "what makes something good/evil" or "what makes us think something is good or evil? - or "are good and evil real or is it just 'empathy'?"
All things are purely human creations. Humans are a singular animal in that we give namesto ideas and thoughts that exist within our field of perception- and outside of it as well.shatnershaman said:
Its hilarious to think then that all the plots for almost all video games, movies, books, revolve around something that is so shallow.shatnershaman said:
The first two really. Why do you look at Hitler and say he was evil, and look at Gandhi and say he was a saint?ElArabDeMagnifico said:
[/quote]Why, pray tell, is it shallow?[/quote]
Well, perhaps shallow is the wrong word. What I mean is Good and Evil are only held up by individual thought. Take away individual thought, and there is not good and evil. So now the question is, will good and evil last as long as humans live?
Well, perhaps shallow is the wrong word. What I mean is Good and Evil are only held up by individual thought. Take away individual thought, and there is not good and evil. So now the question is, will good and evil last as long as humans live?
Most people don't want a crash course in constructivistic philosophy when they feel the need to kill zombies.
"Good" and "evil" are indeed human creations. Nothing is inherently "good" or "evil". In fact, I'd go as far as to say the very concept is illusory and that it isn't even a matter of perspective-- they are two words and nothing more.
Yeah, thats my idea as well. But then, why do we worry so much about it? Or at least some of us do.HSIAMetalKing said:
Would you worry if I punched your dog?
It doesn't hurt you and the action itself is not "bad"
"Good" and "Evil" isn't something that can be measured physically but that's not to say it doesn't exist
It doesn't hurt you and the action itself is not "bad"
"Good" and "Evil" isn't something that can be measured physically but that's not to say it doesn't exist
Well the simple answer is that Hitler was a murderous maniac, and Ghandi wasn't.Moo of the seven said:
Now my guess is that once I've answered that, we then ask the questions, what makes "murder" bad? Is murder really bad or do people just say it is? Maybe saving people is bad...
am I thinking on the right track here?
Maybe a stupid thought, but I think it has a lot to do with religion.
There's been god and the devil in peoples heads for many thousand years.
There's been god and the devil in peoples heads for many thousand years.
Yeah, why IS murder bad? If you say, "Because of the loss of human life." Then I would say, why is the loss of human life bad?ElArabDeMagnifico said:
The best modern example of this (and easiest to understand) is the Terrorist/Freedom fighter paradigm.