Right, it can be said that this is an utilitarian view. And it is the only view I can see "good" and "evil" (ethics) from.I think that you are really describing a utilitarian approach to ethics, but more from the standpoint of the view that the individual subjects should be thinking of their own lives in terms of the greater good. — Jack Cummins
As I have mentioned in parentheses. "evil" may be used also with some other meaning. One of them is e.g. "Evil" as some dark idea --even more than that: an entity-- that most people fear, and which has been manufactured and promoted by various religions, esp. dogmatic ones, who wanted to control people by creating fear in them. Devil, demons, hell and all these crazy and horrible stuff are the products of that and are haunting people since ever! Their purpose was to make people obey some other --also inexistent-- entity (God, angels, paradise), opposite to "Evil" and protecting them from Evil, of which they appear as representatives! No. I have no interest in considering "evil" from that viewpoint. It's a bogeyman for adults! This kind of "evil" and all its paraphernalia can only exist --actually, planted-- in our minds. And they indicate mental illness. (BTW, all kinds of "evils" indicate some kind of mental illness.)I think that it may be easier to apply to the principle of evil than good in the sense of people wishing to avoid doing evil. I believe that is because most people fear evil to a large extent — Jack Cummins
But, the question may be can we really eliminate evil? — Jack Cummins
Typical whataboutery of "everybody does it". Funny thing too, I said "regimes" in general and not "Israel" in particular. Why so defensive? Their oppressive policies are not "evil", y'know, like "everybody elses", are they? :smirk:Every regime practices oppression. — BitconnectCarlos
Right. We're trying to describe "evil" here, not discussing Israel.But lets not side track.
I tend to think of evil as negative energies, or tendencies destructiveness. — Jack Cummins
I tend to think of evil as negative energies, or tendencies destructiveness. Aside from any religious worldviews, — Jack Cummins
anyone who thinks they have justification to deny other humans the same right to life and happiness — TheArchitectOfTheGods
Typical whataboutery of "everybody does it". Funny thing too, I said "regimes" in general and not "Israel" in particular. Why so defensive? Their oppressive policies are not "evil", y'know, like "everybody elses", are they? — 180 Proof
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