What's your definition of good and evil

[101flyboy]

There is no set definition of good or evil.

 

[Deacon Cole]

Two things you won't find outside of a Dungeon Master's Guide.

 

[Lone Skankster]

I'm curious about your statements regarding Mother Teresa. She lived from 1910 to 1997, so she never saw the civil war. Her work did not involve slaves.

Your right, I was thinking of Harriet Tubman. I apologize for the confusion.

He (MLK) was killed because he represented a threat to Washington's policy toward globalization, not because he threatened anyone's well being.

I would say being a threat to someones policy could cause the upholders of said policy to think of him as evil. Again, its subjective. Just because we don't see it as evil, doesn't mean someone else with a warped sense of view (at least compared to our modern day morals) didn't identify him as the enemy.

I think that one unique aspect of the time period in which we're living is that we are conscious of things that our forbearers couldn't be. We are aware that abhorrent things such as slavery and lesser rights for women and minorities were the norm. This affords us a new lens with which to view ourselves, living in our own time. What do we accept as the norm, as perfectly moral according to popular opinion, which we don't like to talk or think about too much because we know it's ugly? Torture? Rendition?

I couldn't agree more. We know a great deal more then the founding fathers (or anyone in history for that matter) could ever hope to know. Just as future generations will surpass us in ways we can't hope to imagine.

That being said, I can't rationalize torture. I see the purpose it serves, and I've seen it attempted to be justified. While one could argue of its benefits, its still against my personal beliefs and morals.

I hope none of this sounds pedantic or preachy or moralist. I think it's good that more and more of us are re-evaluating evil.

Not at all. I enjoy opposition. No man ever got to be great by having everyone agree with him all the time. =)