RE: Nature of good and evil

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    I really should stop adding fuel to this fire, but I recall two creeds =
    that are argued over for one religion, the followers of one see the =
    others as evil, and the followers of the other see their counterparts as =
    denying their potential (an evil act)
    “Do as you will”
    “Do as you will, yet harm none”=20
    (some that are made to examine their creed alter the latter to read =
    ‘..and harm least’)

'nuff said,
Dubhghaill (Doyle)
Victoria, Australia, 613 9563 5085
enq@completesystems.com.au
“War is the duct-tape stop-gap of diplomacy” - Graewolfe

From: BenandAmy[SMTP:xanadu@pdq.net]
Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 1998 3:38
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Subject: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Nature of good and evil

Tim said–"In its most basic and barren principals, good and evil can be
broken to two
basic principals: Selflessness versus =
Selfishness.
"

Well done on this post!!

The above statement, however, is not entirely true.
A person who advances himself and achieves his goals is acting in =
his
own self interest. This is not evil. Not unless he is hurting someone =
else
in order to do it. Therefore, I’d have to say that good and evil are not
implicity tied to selfishness and selfness. In fact, some of the most =
evil
acts I can think of lie at the extreme edge of altruism.
Evil depends on whether the act does harm to oneself or someone =
else.

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