Work ethic doesn't necessarily make one good or evil. However, laziness can breed socio-economic conditions conducive to certain concepts of "evil". On the other hand, hard working people are admired for their virtue.
A society that has no work ethic is a society that is on the verge of...
I believe the human race will find common ground, in terms of some ethics, some day. However, it isn't ideology we fight over most, it is economic interests. Thusly, a world united by economy is one with common values.
Globalization is becoming ever more prevalant, fast mass communication and...
Dlan: 'Parsimonious metaphors'
I have no doubt the human race will one day be able to agree on certain ethics. However, in the human world, most of existence is subjective. Since every individual is unique and there will always be different ideas on what is correct, I'm not sure if philosophy...
Dlan: 'Parsimonious metaphors'
I have no doubt the human race will one day be able to agree on certain ethics. However, in the human world, most of existence is subjective. Since every individual is unique and there will always be different ideas on what is correct, I'm not sure if philosophy...
Dlan, your bombastic post failed to answer the thread topic question. What is "good and evil"? In all its verboseness, it failed to even answer its own question.
I shall try to rectify this with a worthy response. Good and evil is really all about opinion. However, there are some basic...
Aside from the semantics involving the definition of good and bad people, I would say that not necessarily. Being lazy does not denote one being a bad person as well as being hard working does not necessarily denote one being good.
There is a difference between standing up for what is right to conform with morality and standing up for what's right, for the wrong reasons.
I believe "right" for whatever subjective worth it has, has a true value. If you do not do the "right" thing for the "right" reasons, it ceases to be...
Unless there is an absolute truth on conduct, ethics and morality, good and evil is purely subjective. Thus, uniform concepts of good and evil, a relative sense of absoluteness, are limited to certain cultural groups or person(s). In other words, good and evil cannot be defined universally, only...
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Man is not equal in things or ability. Yet we are basically the same. We breath and eat, we bleed, we have feelings. Every culture has a concept for good and evil, love and hate. Equality of person is a fact.
However, there is no other form of quantifiable equality I can think of...
Dictionary.com says a deist is:
The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.
Merrium-Webster:
Movement or system of thought...
Life has a will to exist because the other life that didn't have a will to exist died out. The more appropriate question to ask is, why are we here? Why does the Universe exist? What is the purpose of life? As we progress on such a line of thought, the questions only become more numerous and...
Janitor you are entitled to your opinion. What do you know as the truth? This stereotypical person you have presented is fuzzy underwear but this beliefs are his beliefs.
I kind of get irritated with the guilt trip. "There was paradise but we sinned", etc.
My theory on religion is God is a...
In response to the first post:
Dictionary.com says that right is:
Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality.
Thus if you do something with the intent of conforming with whatever is generally accepted as right, your action(s) is right. If you do the right thing for the...
Humans are arrogant to assume they know exactly what God is thinking and wants of them. The thing aboute faith is, even when it begins decentralized it gradually becomes organized. Thus, I think every religion has an incomplete view of what really is. However, like all philosophies, most of the...