RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 3:22 am
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2016 at 3:24 am by Whateverist.)
My gut reaction to the title of the video: "where do good and evil come from" was to ask "where are they now". Point to some "good". Better yet, show me some "evil". All you can do is to point to a person who has done some heinous thing or show the heinous act itself.
So what are good and evil? Are these things acts or persons? If good and evil are acts, are the good and evil anything beyond the acts? Does it exist in itself in some potential state until it is called on by an act? Does the evil bring the act about or is evil simply something we call a heinous act?
If evil exists as persons, is everything about an evil person evil? Did the evil hijack the individual and use him like a host? What is it you people say about distinguishing between the sin and the sinner? Surely you don't think people themselves are the embodiment of evil then.
Yeah, before I can be arsed to worry about where good and evil come from, I need more information about what exactly we are looking for. Show it to me so I know what we are looking for.
So what are good and evil? Are these things acts or persons? If good and evil are acts, are the good and evil anything beyond the acts? Does it exist in itself in some potential state until it is called on by an act? Does the evil bring the act about or is evil simply something we call a heinous act?
If evil exists as persons, is everything about an evil person evil? Did the evil hijack the individual and use him like a host? What is it you people say about distinguishing between the sin and the sinner? Surely you don't think people themselves are the embodiment of evil then.
Yeah, before I can be arsed to worry about where good and evil come from, I need more information about what exactly we are looking for. Show it to me so I know what we are looking for.
