Defining GOOD and EVIL

[MacGyverCanada]

Originally Posted by feeler

MacGyverCanada


If at this moment you realize that you are included as part of the 90% of the population to be eliminated in order to make room for the few selected (i.e. the "strong and intelligent"), how would you feel when you find out that you are the "chosen one" (deemed unfit and stupid) - to be sacrificed?

*Worse yet, what if the "strong and intelligent" conspired against you, to sacrifice you without your knowledge or consent of their conspiracy? Is that good?


-feeler

Then I hope that I go gracefully. If there is a great conspiracy to cull the population, of course I hope to be a part of the survivors. If not, I hope that A: those in power are motivated by more than greed, etc, and B: I hope they had a good reason to sacrifice me!

I agree that 'good' and 'evil' are part of a subjective scale... We call the spectrum of hot and cold "Temperature", now what do we call the scale of good and evil? But, temperature is something easily defined. A subjective measure will always have zillions of confounding factors.

Now here's another thought exercise... Lets look at a group of people who have all killed another person: The soldier who killed on the orders of others, the schizophrenic who killed thinking he was in danger, the policeman who killed a murderer in a shootout, the criminal who killed out of desparation, the doctor who killed a patient through negligent practice, the sociopath who killed out of curiosity, the fanatic who killed based on their beliefs... the list can go on and on. The challenge to you is this: can you find fault in the individual, or is if the environment of the individual which is more destructive?