Good and Evil are not just the results of how one values one thing over another. — Valentinus
If a group of people have no food (draught , natural disaster , climate change) they should wait for one of their members to die of starvation before any of them can eat? Does this also apply to small children and the elderly whom may be unable to wait for their kinsmen to die? So we eat the children and infirmed first because they will be the first to go — Nathaniel
It started because evil people do really awful things that demonstrate, what shall I call, a different source of motivation — Valentinus
so we would go through twice the vegetation then we currently do speed up our eventually extinctio — Nathaniel
First:
Good = Right
Evil = Wrong
Then:
Right as what is right in the long term
Wrong as what is right in the short term
Long term > short term, so long term is the most important; we should strive to make the ‘right’ / ‘good’ decisions.
Examples of good/right (right in the long term): Exercise, helping people
Examples of evil/wrong (right in the short term): Sweets, harming other people
Any alternative definitions? — Devans99
Right and wrong is a sense — karl stone
Good is what's demonstrably good for the individual (and therefore the group):
- Helping others
- Sharing ideas
- Exercise
- Consensual sex — Devans99
if we're talking about a person or persons who do not approve of or feel that helping others, sharing ideas, etc. are recommendable? — Terrapin Station
Such a person is wrong, so should be corrected. — Devans99
Rejecting help for example is sub-optimal — Devans99
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