2006-08-30 14:12:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Sure there are gray areas. Not all things are cut and dry. There are degrees to which things are good and evil.
Good and evil is a matter of perspective.
2006-08-30 14:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by truthyness 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I tend to see gray areas most of the time in my life, I guess because I use both sides of my brain. But when I got to church I hear that there is no in between. You are either Good or Evil, but I must ask myself, what about the good people who must do things considered "bad"to obtain justice, or the evil one who is redemptive and ask for forgiveness, or those who are just plain human and make mistakes? What is truly evil is war, famine, and injustice, pure goodness comes from Jesus.
2006-08-30 22:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by Golden Scepter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in life, you have to take the bitter with the sweet. The bitter & the sweet equals the Yin and the Yang which gives you Chi or sense of balance as an individual. While, the gray areas that you described is equivalent to your free will and choice.
2006-08-30 21:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by Legsology07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no good or evil there is only conscious and unconscious. Its easy to blame others but if we were all in our 'right' minds then there would only be peace. Because most of us are so caught up in thinking that we are our minds and thoughts and possesions, we go deeper and deeper into unconsciousness.
The further away we go, the more we drift towards what one might call evil and the more conscious we become, the closer to our true selves, one might call that good.
2006-08-30 21:38:30 · answer #4 · answered by Candi L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously all things can not be clasified as good or evil or else a rock could be considered good or evil. rock might have some uses that might be used for good or evil, but the rock itself is neither. if it was, then we would have to say that the rock had free will, in which case it doesnt, if you belief that it does, then ask you r question under the insane category.
as far as gray areas....you would have to be robot not to think there are gray areas...im asssuming your not one of them.
when you get down to the fundamentals of things, there really aren't any morals or values to begin with...of which im not going to explain...but if you are savvy enough to understand what im saying then i would be curious as to why you would ask the question to begin with....maybe your just drunk like me.
2006-08-30 21:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by Bogey 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. There are grey areas. For example: A man kills another man for murdering his whole family. Who is right and who is wrong?
Is it justice? A life for a life, an eye for an eye? The man is killing for revenge, not necessary evil. But killing is an evil act. Who gives the man the right to commit the same act as the murderer, in the name of revenge?
2006-08-30 21:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by Baby_Apocalypse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relative to whom or what? philosophy, religion, morality, cultures? I like to think of it this way: Nothing is good or evil, everything just is. Maybe everything is gray area?
2006-08-30 21:19:31 · answer #7 · answered by igɳo★ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That will be determined by how you see the world and how you much you classify good and evil into their respected catagories. The grey areas are also determined by how much you blur the line between good and evil.
2006-08-30 21:18:41 · answer #8 · answered by sescja 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they HAS to be gray areas, because everybody has their own definitions of good and bad. There are alot of things that I do, that others would consider bad... but of course I don't believe that they are bad, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.
2006-08-30 21:15:54 · answer #9 · answered by late664 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is either good or evil, things just "Are"
relativity does not allow for anything else
2006-08-30 22:40:25 · answer #10 · answered by fra_bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋