[Serious] Good vs Evil

[Drich]

If I had to define good and evil in terms of good people or bad people I'd say
good = a degree of empathy that spurs selflessness
evil = a degree of selfishness that comes from a lack of empathy

and if you want me to factor in my religious perspective, since this thread is in that forum:

natural evil= The axiomatic degree to which people act against God's will
natural good= The axiomatic characteristic of God's empathetic and compassionate nature towards positive outcomes for the most people

moral good = the ethical correctness of God's revealed will
moral evil = sin (going against God's will)

what do you use to define the types of good and evil?

I've never seen a biblical examples subdivided like this. There was man's good and God's version as well as evil but it seems you have fond deeper meaning?

just asking not trying to start a debate..

What or why does empathy have anything to do with Good or evil? I can perform evil acts with or without consideration to anyone or anything, or i can do acts of evil out of empathy according to this defination..

for example I know lying is wrong. if my wife asks do I look fat, the answer is always no even if she is pouring out of a dress like an over filled muffin pan. One I did this out of empathy, but doing so is a lie which is a sin that I am now defending as good which literally is a form of evil.

So then how oes emotion play into good and evil and is there some sort of example you had in mind?

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I think you don’t understand the difference between good and innocent. Also, I think you’re so silly as to believe that someone doing a bad thing automatically makes them a bad person.

All children are innocent. Likely all children are naturally good (if you believe in a person being able to be “good”), but they obviously can be manipulated by adults.

if they are manipulated by adults are they then still innocent?

If so please define how you are using innocent.

Because there is nothing innocent about trying to kill as many marines as you can with a huge oversized bomb, or an RPG in one case and as a rifleman in another.

How does one maintain innocence if they are trying to kill or mame people?