I think of evil as something humans invent to put bonds on practices that they find horrifying. Yet people believe in evil because of how they are raised. If made a young boy was raised killing a man everyday, he wouldn't see it as evil. Do you think I have any basis for my theory, or I'm just hehehe... Evil?
2006-07-26 07:18:20 · 16 answers · asked by Ian978 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yes evil is a different outlook on life. like keeping a fat man that eats all day doing nothing else and his heart stopped 15 times already but people keep him alive. then same fat guy dies to a guy that wants to take him out his misery and guy gets imprisoned.
keeping dude alive makes him eat more of our ecosystem away while killing him makes you a threat to society.
2006-07-26 08:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by INOTFRIEND 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think evil is definately more than a point of view. I mean, from your argument Hitler's "Final Solution" is not evil or even wrong: it's the natural result of growing up in a deeply anti-semetic Europe. That doesn't sound right, does it?
You might be interested in this book of essays by Lance Morrow entitled "Evil: an Investigation".
2006-07-26 07:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, evil takes us away from loving each other. Each of the 10 Commandments (Abrahamic religions) is provided to teach us to love one another. Jesus then replaced the 10 Commandments with two simple one: Love God above all, and Love each other as you want to be loved.
As you described, killing a man everyday. Well, typically murder is taken in small baby steps. Many think of murderers as instant. Many of the times this is not the case. Usually, the man takes baby steps. First he learns to kill something small like a bug. If he finds pleasure in killing the bug, he will repeat. Soon, this pleasure wears off and then he must expand this evil by first tearing off the wings of the bug ... then bugs don't satisfy his desires so he then kills animals with pleasure (pleasure is the key word here) ... eventually, he will disconnect and killing other humans becomes desirable ... then after he's killed one, he needs to keep killing, and then like with the bugs, his desires morph and he'll torture, and then he'll make a game and try to get attention by the police.
2006-07-26 07:51:23 · answer #3 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is just a point of view many people that see themselves as good are evil in others eyes and vice versa.
2006-07-26 07:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Thinker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because there are some people that come from the best, most nuturing backgrounds that go on to do horrible things. Evil can be taught, but it also exists without environmental stimuli.
2006-07-26 07:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by sahel578 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know I wonder the thing about cusswords. Who decided that all of the sudden as*, sht, fuc and whatever else was a "bad" word??? Why cant....the or cat be a bad word. I do think those are society borders just like people would say ewwww because I hunt and eat deer and rabbits. WTF??? your sitting there eating burger king from a cow that had no life what-so-ever and you have the nerve to say eww because i went out and killed my own food that was free up untill I killed it. Get some balls and go do your own dirty work.
2006-07-26 07:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by puresplprix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a basic understanding of what is good or bad, what is right or wrong... the problem of perspective is whether or not people think that they own something or have the right to do something even if they know it is wrong or bad...
there is no more personal responsibility or shame.... it will bring down our society very soon if it doesn't turn around...
Liberty Over Liberalism!
2006-07-26 07:22:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, even the SS had to rotate concentration guards to keep them from going insane.
Like many things you know evil when you see it, hear it, touch it. May you never touch evil.....cause YOU'LL blow up like that kids parents in Time Bandits...and that would bad...not evil...but bad.
2006-07-26 12:33:27 · answer #8 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is in the eye of the beholder the same as beauty is.
2006-07-26 08:47:00 · answer #9 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh its not evil to kill.
Its not evil to steal.
Its not evil to rape or molest.
Its not evil to be raciest.
Your right evil is just a point of view no one is evil.
wtf is wrong with you people.
2006-07-26 07:24:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋