RE: does evil exist?
October 7, 2022 at 4:49 pm
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2022 at 4:59 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(October 7, 2022 at 4:37 pm)Orbit Wrote: I think that what is usually spoken of as evil is actually that which threatens social cohesion, threatening the survival of the group.
I think there is only an imperfect correlation between what is perceived as evil and what actually threatens social cohesion and threaten survival of the group, particularly if the term “survival” is interpreted close to literally.
In some instances it is that which is highly beneficial for greater social cohesion and group survival that is perceived as evil because it threaten not the survival, but merely the comparative advantage, of certain groups. And let’s not kid ourselves, even groups with very high estimate of its own moral righteousness can easily be convinced that it is morally right to hurt the greater good to preserve the group’s own comparative advantage. In such instances there is usually some red herring morality which has been stood up to camouflage the reason why greater good is denigrated as evil.
