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Author Topic:   Is man inherently good or inherently evil?
TechnoCore
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Message 77 of 271 (143396)
09-20-2004 5:05 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Trump won
09-11-2004 4:00 PM


I do not think true evil exists at all.
I mean how can evil ever be the main goal in any action? People perform actions in order to gain something, be it satisfaction, wealth, respect or what ever. Evil for the sake of itself is absurd, and serves no purpose.
It is all just about perspective. Do you think Hitler thought of himself as evil? Or Stalin? They both did what they thought to be necessary and right at the time of their actions, even if those who got hurt from them obviously thought something else.

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TechnoCore
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Message 97 of 271 (144034)
09-23-2004 8:52 AM
Reply to: Message 82 by Phat
09-21-2004 10:50 AM


Why only two perspectives? The theocentric perspective is just one among many. It's a bit narrow to think of a higher power as the only alternative as a the source. I would say that maybe society is the prime sorce of morals, and that those morals shift depending of what group in society you are currently in.
That morals are the concensus among a group people of what is okay to do in a given situation. So that the group will function as smoothly as possible. The morals shift depending the group and the situation.
So saying morals are either egocentric or theocentric is saying not much at all, imho.

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