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does evil exist in its own right?

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does evil exist in its own right?
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RE: does evil exist in its own right?
October 15, 2012 at 10:50 am
To answer the OP question, I think evil is completely subjective, and doesn't exist "in its own right" at all. That is, humans invented the idea.

When a fox kills a rabbit to eat it, is it evil? The fix must kill it for the fox's own survival, but if the rabbit had notions of good and evil, then to the rabbit and its family, the fox is surely evil.
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does evil exist in its own right?

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does evil exist in its own right? - by Doubting_Thomas - October 2, 2012 at 3:10 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by JohnDG - October 2, 2012 at 3:15 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by TaraJo - October 2, 2012 at 3:48 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Napoléon - October 2, 2012 at 3:22 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Anomalocaris - October 2, 2012 at 3:27 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by TaraJo - October 2, 2012 at 3:44 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by JohnDG - October 2, 2012 at 3:45 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by JohnDG - October 2, 2012 at 4:02 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by JohnDG - October 2, 2012 at 4:21 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Doubting_Thomas - October 2, 2012 at 4:33 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Doubting_Thomas - October 2, 2012 at 4:13 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by JohnDG - October 2, 2012 at 5:06 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Polaris - October 2, 2012 at 10:30 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by The Grand Nudger - October 3, 2012 at 12:30 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by jonb - October 3, 2012 at 5:52 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Reforged - October 3, 2012 at 6:22 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by jonb - October 3, 2012 at 10:17 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Tino - October 3, 2012 at 10:47 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Whatkins - October 6, 2012 at 3:57 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Brian37 - October 6, 2012 at 4:39 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Whateverist - October 6, 2012 at 4:55 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Brian37 - October 6, 2012 at 5:10 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by MysticKnight - October 6, 2012 at 5:07 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by genkaus - October 8, 2012 at 2:05 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by The Grand Nudger - October 8, 2012 at 12:08 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Violet - October 8, 2012 at 4:31 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by KichigaiNeko - October 8, 2012 at 6:21 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Minimalist - October 8, 2012 at 2:19 pm
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Pip - October 14, 2012 at 2:33 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Angrboda - October 14, 2012 at 11:52 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Aroura - October 15, 2012 at 10:50 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by Darkstar - October 15, 2012 at 11:25 am
RE: does evil exist in its own right? - by The Grand Nudger - October 15, 2012 at 1:58 pm

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