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2007-03-15 08:17:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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In religion, ethics, and philosophy, the phrase, good and evil refers to the evaluation of objects, desires, and behaviors across a dualistic spectrum —wherein in one direction are those aspects which are morally positive, and the other are morally negative. The good is sometimes viewed as whatever entails reverence towards either life, continuity, happiness, or human flourishing, while evil is given to be the support for their opposites. Many religious and philosophical views will tend to agree that "good and evil" are abstract concepts and not absolutes. However, there is a general view that the terms are treated as if they were absolutes.

2007-03-15 08:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by NIKKO23_99 3 · 0 0

A badly formed question, to present the matter as if it were some transcendent object to be simply described.
It's better to accept that freedom is necessary in our valuing some things as good and others as evil, that our comprehension is limited, and that we approach the question only "as if" there was some transcendent good to be inquired into. One has to be ready for the attacks of cynics and amoralists, and to have their arguments under control.
___Valuing life is a "good" place to start. not just superficially, but valuing life despite the paradoxes it sometimes presents.

2007-03-15 15:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by G-zilla 4 · 0 0

Your question is a badly composed one, but I don't know if you mistyped, or can't speak English or whatever. I'll just respond in the way I believe.

Good is nothing more than a concept. It is natural law that was set in order achieve civility and progression. Society seems to believe they know what is good and what is bad, but in sooth, it doesn't exist.

2007-03-15 16:53:58 · answer #3 · answered by Hannah T 1 · 0 1

Good is selflessness. By no means do I mean martyrdom. It is the wish -- the effort -- to create harmony within yourself, and the world around you.

2007-03-15 16:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 0 0

"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the crying and lamentations of their women."

2007-03-15 16:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Whatever you decide it is.

2007-03-15 15:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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