Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Is it subjective or a universal truth about what constitutes “good” and “evil”?

The issue on “good” and “evil can in fact be both a subjective and a universal truth, but is usually seen as a subjective thought. These days evil and good can take so many different forms, and how we see evil and good these days depend on a number of different positive and negative factors. For example somebody can see computers as evil becasue of what it's doing to our youth, and another person can see computers as a good thing becasue of all the positive things it has done for youths.

The only universal “good” and “evil” that one can really think of that includes all religions, people, etc is a Heaven and Hell. No matter how you look at it everybody in this world see Hell as an evil place and Heaven as a good place. You would never see somebody talking about Hell being some mystical, magical, magnificent place filled with flowers, fairies and angels. People usually talk about Hell as a dark red and disgusting place filled with fire and excruciating temperatures where only evil people go to be punished for their evil “sins”. Whereas Heaven is seen as a place of prosperity, a big blue sky, angels flying everywhere, basically a place where all “good” people go. It is not even a universal truth to say that “God” is necessarily a good being. Some people see good as evil, because “god” is supposed to be all knowing, all powerful, and all good, but if he was all this stuff then why would there be so much “evil” in the world, and why hasn’t this “god” character done anything to stop all this evil in the world especially considering Earth was his creation. On the other hand most people see God as good and their soul savior.

A more practical example of why “good” and “evil” is subjective is because for example when it comes to Teenaged Pregnancy and the issue on abortion. Some people see abortion as evil because you’re basically ending a poor innocent baby’s life. Humans don’t have the right to decide whether somebody should live or die that should be left to some higher being such as “God”. Some people say the universe will unfold as it should in time; so if the baby needs to die it will die some time in the near future. On the other hand some people see abortion as a good thing, because if the teenager doesn’t live in a stable environment or family then why bring a new life into such an environment? Another example to why “good” and “evil” is subjective is because for example this is an obvious one; here in Canada smoking weed is illegal and is 100% a bad thing or an “Evil” thing to do, but in Amsterdam for example it is perfectly legal and isn’t bad to do at all.

Although there are a few discrepancies and exceptions to whether or not “good” and “evil” is universal or subjective for the most part “good” and “evil” is seen as subjective and depending on the person, environment, religion what is “good” and what is “Evil” can change.

1 comment:

  1. Chadd man good points I really like how u deferentiated from Subjective and universal truth.

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