Submitted by ADefiniteDescription t3_107fut9 in philosophy
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[deleted] t1_j3m89qb wrote
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JimiWanShinobi t1_j3pwoct wrote
To the mouse, it's evil. To the cat, it's dinner...🤷♂️
OMKensey t1_j3uv1ep wrote
Cool article. I really enjoyed it. I hadn't thought about Thor 4 in that way.
baileyjn8 t1_j3q1etj wrote
Since they posted this, I’m going to post an essay I wrote on supervillains and libertarian freedom. Watch them remove it.
SvetlanaButosky t1_j3m4m53 wrote
Good and Evil are vague man made concept, in reality there is only what people are willing to accept or not, which changes over time, culture and region.
Only subjective consensus matters.
Josyedits t1_j3sbpy0 wrote
So pedophilia is not evil?
SvetlanaButosky t1_j3u1jkb wrote
Nothing is, you cant scientifically prove evil (or good), you can only prove that certain behaviors are acceptable or not acceptable to the majority, but acceptance changes over time, region and culture for a variety of reasons and justifications.
Google subjective morality/moral anti realism.
This is why slavery used to be ok, women used to have no right to vote, heck even human sacrifice used to be ok.
WrongAspects t1_j4k73ep wrote
At one time it wasn’t.
That’s the point.
Giggalo_Joe t1_j3njsbh wrote
Disagree. Good and evil are real, so are right and wrong. And all creatures know what they are insofar as they need to. Caring about whether an action, lack of action, or thought is right/wrong/good/evil is entirely different. A creature can and quite often does take action in its self interest knowing that it is wrong and simply does not care.
baileyjn8 t1_j3q1ob8 wrote
By coincidence I also wrote an essay mixing philosophy with superheroes. I define good and evil in it. Hate to tell you buddy, it’s real. It’s only man-made in the way the color red is man made. Men made words for something that is there.
Typicalinternetuser9 t1_j3ofne4 wrote
This reads like a trope villain monologue
SvetlanaButosky t1_j3pihuh wrote
Subjective morality, basic philosophy 101, are you kidding?
HewktAwnPhonix t1_j3rahb9 wrote
Lol there are no philosophers here, just children,most of whom would probably fail a 101
How sad is it you're getting downvoted for pointing out moral relativism is a thing? That good and evil are cultural values and not inherant? If you grew up with different parents or in a different culture on in a different time your idea of what "good" and "evil" are would not be the same as it is now.
I guess the fact that every few posts are about capeshit mcu characters should have tipped me off as to what the typical mental age of the people in here are but oof.
People in here talk as if their own philosophy is the truth and some even cite "sources" (which is really their own shitty blog post loll ) to "prove" good and Evil are a thing 🤦🏼♀️
SvetlanaButosky t1_j3u4ks2 wrote
lol you are right, lots of amateurs in most Reddit philosophy subs, especially askphilosophy.
Sometimes you get a few "philosophy" students or "graduates" who dont really know what they are talking about, its like they barely graduated or something.
Still, its worth a try. lol
awnfire t1_j3m1y61 wrote
That was a muddled reading unfortunately.
There was no real “Problem of evil” evil discussed.