please explain or comment on your answer to the Q asked.
2006-08-15 10:41:54 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This Q investigates what people think about the connection between doing or being evil and the knowledge necessary to know what evil is or isn't (ie to know evil from good). Some answerers merely asserted humans are born evil so knowing that , my Q is obviated. Such answers by-passed the issue raised by my Q.
It's time to award "best answer" to one of the answerers. TWH 08232006
2006-08-22 19:21:03 · update #1
No, part of the adjective evil involves the person knowing that what they are doing is wrong.
2006-08-15 10:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by Chris 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Evil is percieved by the community in which one lives. If you have a two year old and they throw a rock, the rock hits a person everyone around them sees that as a bad thing, however since a 2 year old doesn't understand the consept of good actions/bad actions they do not recognize it. I do not apply this to a child over the age of 8 since by that time they are aware of consequences for actions and recognize right and wrong. The exception being those with severe mental disabilities. They have a problem relating as well.
2006-08-15 10:50:55 · answer #2 · answered by ldyrhiannon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting question. I think 'evil' is too relative a term, there are too many variations culturally on what is considered good and what is considered evil. Murder for instance is justified in some instances like self-defense, and in some cultures its allowed as a punishment, or to kill people outside of the tribe, or to kill babies born female, etc. So how do you decide what is evil, whose cultural norms do you choose as being correct?
If you're using US law as your definition of good and evil, and someone here commits a crime but does not know it is a crime I don't think it makes them 'evil', I think its more an example of a person who apparently does not fit into society, someone raised in another culture, or in some cases, someone with severe mental disabilities affecting their understanding of what is right and what is wrong. If they know the laws and still choose to commit the crime then you can argue they are evil, although I still think its a tough thing to define, theres some gray area for sure.
2006-08-15 10:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by Caroline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is inability to tell the difference between right and wrong makes a defendent incompetent to stand trial for any crimes he or she may have been guilty of committing. You can infer from this whatever you like about whether or not such a mentally incompetent person is evil.
2006-08-15 10:49:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sharon C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of that no rely if non secular or irreligious people are able to the two. as an occasion i comprehend that it does no longer be top to flow into your place in case you had basically nipped out and that i had considered you placed your key under the doormat, then scouse borrow a number of your possessions. maximum movements are a decision. the sole situation that i will declare is that once a man or woman does some thing it is obviously incorrect they could comprehend via fact they'd have violated their very own ethical experience. on the different hand as Binga says, no person has a monopoly on stable deeds via fact all of us do them now and back. Neither in or of their self are a info of religion, or possibly a scarcity thereof. on the different hand they may well be a competent indication of character over the long haul.
2016-11-04 21:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Evil people do not think they are evil. The terrorists who blew up the WTC towers thought they were doing God's work. The Nazi's thought that they were doing the right thing by conquering the world and killing Jews. In the vast majority of cases evildoers do not consider themselves or their acts evil.
2006-08-15 10:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by mr_moto_redux 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human nature since the time of birth is selfish and leans toward the pursuit of what can be considered as 'evil'.
"Human nature is what we are to strive above" Kathryn Hepburn (from the movie The African Queen)
A person can elect to follow evil as well as a person can elect to do evil things once in a while that may be "justified" in his/her mind. Evil is wrong - it serves itself and is destructive to those who do it and those who receive the evil.
Best to maintain a contrite heart and avoid evil thoughts, words, and deeds. Prayer will help.
2006-08-15 10:57:26 · answer #7 · answered by YRofTexas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you're not evil for commiting evil acts that you didn't know were evil, if thats what you're asking. But once you realize that those acts are evil, and you still choose to do them, then the fault's on you. lol....wow....I don't think I've used the word evil in one paragraph so many times before.
2006-08-15 10:48:47 · answer #8 · answered by ac28 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone is judged to be mentally ill, developmentally delayed, or is a young child, they are not always held legally responsible for committing evil deeds. The old saying "ignorance of the law is no excuse" applies presumably to "normal" people.
2006-08-15 10:50:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no, if someone is crazy and they do not know what they do is evil then it is not an evil act. The concept of evil depends upon a person knowing what is wrong but doing it anyway.
2006-08-15 10:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, evil acts do not make a person evil. We can be ignorant of what we are doing. There is a difference between unwitting results and evil intent.
2006-08-15 10:50:36 · answer #11 · answered by webstoragea1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋