Submitted by baileyjn8 t3_yw817y in philosophy
DeepFuckingVision t1_iwkeo01 wrote
Reply to comment by rejectednocomments in The Solution of Evil by baileyjn8
Good and evil are subjective depending on the perspectives of people both directly and indirectly involved. This whole topic is grounded on duality. Which we would not even be able to comprehend without. I.e. without bad things happening, we wouldn't know what "good" would even be... and therefore wouldn't appreciate life in general.
If there is a God, all he did was create a universe with beings that follow a strict and scalable law of physics. Survival of the fittest is a mental/conscious law just as real as gravity. Being kind to others, in the context of a human, is still selfish behavior at it's root.. we do it to be part of a group and be accepted. Selfishness isn't inherently bad, we're just creatures that have needs that must be filled first. Simultaneously trying to please our subconcious, unconcious, and egos
Bad things happen because people are greedy, selfish, pieces of shit that need to learn how to appreciate the lives of people with opposing lifestyle or opinions and learn that their biggest enemy is their own shadow
rucksackmac t1_iwszdox wrote
Eastern belief systems I find have an easier time dealing with the concepts of good and evil. If I smush a spider that was going to bite me, that was good from my perspective, as I don't want to get bit. But it was evil from the spider's perspective, who didn't want to die.
The idea that the individual is the final arbiter of good and evil is problematic to say the least.
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