Do you believe in good and evil?

Question

if you do, where did good and evil come from?
if you don't, why do all (normal) humans around the world have a sense of justice and injustice?

Answer 1

No, I don't believe in "good" and "evil". These are purely human concepts which change from one person to the next, across cultures, and throughout time. Once, it was acceptable to own slaves and have indentured servants. No longer. However, while our society would consider that an "evil" today, back then it was not. Our sense of "justice" is mostly a product of our environment. If you had been born in the Middle East, you may have been raised to think of women as second-class citizens, and you may not think twice about murdering your wife should she be the cause of any shame upon you. Even the legal system in certain countries over there would agree with your actions, and your honor would be restored by the murder itself. You would have committed no "wrong" under either societal standards or the law. In the U.S., that would be unacceptable. Standards are agreed upon by societal norms and behaviors, not some inane sense of "right" and "wrong".

Answer 2

Yes. Where do they come from, as if they exist truly? The human heart/mind. I'm reluctant to just say mind, since that would indicate some kind of logic applies, when in reality, good and evil are absolutes. Logic is relative, and so of no real use when dealing with these concepts, e.g. things that would be "bad" in one case are "good" in another. It's a part of being human, like music, we "know" when a note is wrong, even if there is no logic to this process. Even if we find a note that is "good" there may still have been one that was "better" but the only way to achieve the ability to do better is through experience, discipline and understanding. Moral decisions are the same way.

Answer 3

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was in the garden. Now we know about the 2 opposing forces.

Answer 4

I believe in moral relativism for how societies determine what is just and unjust. Morality is usually (not always) a gray issue for me, with two opposing views that are both right and both wrong in some ways. Saying that there is pure good and pure evil is too simplistic. Life is never as simple as a western where you can tell who is the good guy by the color of his hat.

Answer 5

How can someone not believe in Good and Evil. There are some acts and some people who are so evil they should be destroyed. Are Hitler and Mother Theresa the same.

Answer 6

Yeah, I believe in Good and Evil.

Answer 7

Do you believe in tall and short, big or small, good or bad ? Now you see how silly your question is.
Like the examples, there can be no opinion on this.

To be serious, there is a moral law which is not influenced by your opinion or mine.

Answer 8

Absolutely! Think about it. If you have kids you'll notice you don't have to teach them to do bad things (lie, takes stuff, hit each other, etc.) and you DO have to teach them to do good things or at least not to do things that are harmful to others.
People are basically evil but with God's help they can be good.

Answer 9

Definitely!

Answer 10

No I do not believe in such deulistic ideas. I believe that ideas of right and wrong have evolved to help the human race better survive in it's social society.