Are we alone? Don't know! Uncertain! — TheMadFool
Knowledge of good prevents one from committing acts. They committed those acts because they did NOT know what good and evil were. — AlienFromEarth
I sinned, not towards an end, but because I loved the sin — Some saint (forgot his name)
If knowing good and evil is instinctual, then not knowing what good and evil is would be impossible. Hence, as "knowledge of good prevents one from committing acts" there is no evil in this world.There is no lower level of instinctual knowledge, than to know what good and evil are. — AlienFromEarth
What is justifiable and what is not is completely subjective. Hence by your definition, what is evil and what is not is completely subjective, ruling out "pure evil".That which intends to unjustifiably harm innocent people. — AlienFromEarth
The definition of evil: That which intends to unjustifiably harm innocent people. — AlienFromEarth
4)Committing evil cannot be considered a "mistake", as it is deliberate as the definition of evil above states. Deliberate is the opposite of mistake. — AlienFromEarth
If they consider it unjustified, they wouldn't do it. — AlienFromEarth
It means evil people do not consider anything justified — AlienFromEarth
Now if they make a mistake, well they were still trying to do the right thing — AlienFromEarth
innocent — AlienFromEarth
It's absolutele certain that we are not alone. The universe has an abundancy of life. Of course rhere is a small chance of no life being there, but then again, around every Sun-like word there are planets with life. That's no Russel's reapot. — Zweistein
God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds. — Giordano Bruno
In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark. There are also numberless earths circling around their suns. — Giordano Bruno
The definition of evil: That which intends to unjustifiably harm innocent people. — AlienFromEarth
An evil doer never considers their own actions justified, because they are not conscious beings. — AlienFromEarth
Evil is deliberate. — AlienFromEarth
Not religious, just logical and autonomous. Oh and conscious. Lets not forget that. — AlienFromEarth
Thus, the robots intentions are not it's own, it is merely the intentions of the organism that created it. — AlienFromEarth
A human can completely override a genetic predisposition and change their lives however they want. — AlienFromEarth
well with unconscious beings it wouldn't be their "intention". — AlienFromEarth
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