If good is white and evil is black which shade of grey is the dividing line? If that line can't be ascertained then surely good and evil are one — TWI
Many actions are right in the short term and the long term — princessofdarkness
How do you feel about eugenics? — Relativist
Good = the (inter)personal behavior you approve of, the (inter)personal behavior you feel is recommendable, etc.
Evil = the (inter)personal behavior you disapprove of as strongly as you can disapprove of anything — Terrapin Station
If society is functioning properly, you can define good and evil in terms of what's good/evil for society and the individual. — Devans99
If you're trying to define x, you can't include x in the definition. — Terrapin Station
But you can define good/evil for the individual — Devans99
If people are making the right decisions — Devans99
Good = the (inter)personal behavior you approve of, the (inter)personal behavior you feel is recommendable, etc. — Terrapin Station
That doesn't imply that other people will agree. Different people will have different opinions — Terrapin Station
If person A is robbing/raping other people in a group and person B murders them, thus benefitting the majority of the group, is person B good or evil? both of them were acting in their own best interests,but by definition one if decidedly evil and the other good — Nathaniel
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