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Within every human being lies a capability for good and evil. This is something which seemingly cannot be argued... right?
It certainly seems indisputable simply by reading the news every day. The scope of which humanity can practice evil is appalling, but our tendency to do good can be just as encouraging.
But why are certain actions defined as good or evil? Is what I find good similar to what you find good?
Is how I define good perhaps what you define as evil?
For most religious people who worship a benevolent god, it is a bit simpler as they have an 'ultimate good' to compare everything to. Anything of their god, and to the benefit of mankind as a whole, could be seen as good. While the polar opposite is evil.
What if your god and my god are that polar opposite of eachother?
However, how would you define good and evil in an atheistic world?
If we had not a sun, could we distinguish between dark and light?
In the primal carnage of animalistic society, is it evil to kill a fellow creature?
Is it evil to eat them?
Is it good to give up your family's food for another?
What is it that makes us cringe at a bloody murder, and smile at the happiness of another?
What is it that causes us to indulge in satisfaction of the death of a criminal, while feeling angry when they are released?
Why are these feelings two-fold when the victim is someone we hold dear?
In the case of a planet given life by the sun, where did darkness come from?
What of a planet that knows no sun, from where did light first shine?
For what reason do those who hold seperate beliefs in a deity, and those that believe in none, come to a distinct crossroads of defining the ethics and morality of the human race?
It certainly seems indisputable simply by reading the news every day. The scope of which humanity can practice evil is appalling, but our tendency to do good can be just as encouraging.
But why are certain actions defined as good or evil? Is what I find good similar to what you find good?
Is how I define good perhaps what you define as evil?
For most religious people who worship a benevolent god, it is a bit simpler as they have an 'ultimate good' to compare everything to. Anything of their god, and to the benefit of mankind as a whole, could be seen as good. While the polar opposite is evil.
What if your god and my god are that polar opposite of eachother?
However, how would you define good and evil in an atheistic world?
If we had not a sun, could we distinguish between dark and light?
In the primal carnage of animalistic society, is it evil to kill a fellow creature?
Is it evil to eat them?
Is it good to give up your family's food for another?
What is it that makes us cringe at a bloody murder, and smile at the happiness of another?
What is it that causes us to indulge in satisfaction of the death of a criminal, while feeling angry when they are released?
Why are these feelings two-fold when the victim is someone we hold dear?
In the case of a planet given life by the sun, where did darkness come from?
What of a planet that knows no sun, from where did light first shine?
For what reason do those who hold seperate beliefs in a deity, and those that believe in none, come to a distinct crossroads of defining the ethics and morality of the human race?