Why it’s evil to think Evil is the “other”.

[OddBeMe]

One of my favorite scenes from Sense8 (ok show) is when they visit a Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Even though this inscription doesn’t actually exist there it’s still a good thought: “Is the Holocaust an aberration or a reflection of who we are?”

Meaning was the Holocaust something inhuman? Or was it actually quite human?
Hint: Quite human.

Of course it’s us.
Evil isn’t a separate entity that we fight off. It’s our baser instincts that we still must fight off. But movies make money allowing us to believe that evil is a bad guy that we can defeat. And that heroes are chaste and pure which we can aspire to.

Which is all a lie. It’s evil to think we can’t be evil.

A favorite quote of mine from Faulkner: “There’s nothing worth writing about accept the human heart in conflict with itself.”

The best characters in media are as human as we are. With all our flaws on full display. It’s actually evil to think evil is separate from us.

Given one crisis we see that evil in small doses. Be it hoarding gas or food, or putting our own politics ahead of the common good (ie anti-vaxxers).

So my call to action is simply understanding that evil is only the label we put on our baser instincts. And perhaps rethink your approach to current and upcoming crises.

[Stoner710]

This is an interesting philosophical debate and bring religion into the mix,

if your an atheist there really isn’t a difference between good and evil,

Marquis de Sade A French atheist philosopher took atheism to its logical conclusion, Where there is no good and evil because god doesn’t exist therefore anything I do is for my own pleasure and benefit, This is why atheist don’t have a good answer to why is it wrong to be racist? If your only trying to benefit yourself or your tribe racism is a perfectly rational point of view, “It me or then” atheist also don’t have a proper understanding why rape is wrong either, I want to have sex why not have sex with (women A) regardless if she consents to it or not I want sex with (women A) therefore it would benefit there for there’s nothing wrong with rape, It’s known as moral relativism, The only reason atheist believe these thing are immoral and evil is because they grew up in a religious society, In the west case a Christian society or at the very least a society built around Greek reasoning and thought. But with out the religious base to there beliefs the idea there is no god doesn’t give a good answer to these questions. Therefore I’m atheism nothing is truly evil and nothing is truly good it’s irrelevant.

When it come to religion especially Christianity and Judaism you do have reasoning for racism rape and murder being wrong. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”. The idea that there is a creator and our right to live comes form and idea of a moral order in the universe, Racism is wrong because all races were made in the image of god therefore by being racist you are hating the image of god with is demoed evil by god himself therefore if your racist you hate god and the good that god has brought into the world. Same with rape god made Eve from the rib of Adam not for his foot and not from his head, Therefore women are not below men nor are they above men there are equal to man, women as equals to men play a role to make men better so rape is evil because your not taking your sexual instincts out on a lesser being or a higher being but your own equal. We are abrogated by a higher power to treat one another with respect and dignity which makes murder rape racism all evil.

so if you are an atheist nothing is truly good or evil it’s subjective, If you are a Christian or hail form another religion then you can say there is good and there is evil

[RationalMale]

What's more interesting is that Germany imprisoning Jews in concentration camps actually happened fairly shortly after a Jewish led political revolt in the neighboring Soviet Union led to tens of millions of deaths.

Or to rephrase, if muslims overthrew Mexico in a violent revolution and millions of people died as a result, what do you think we'd be doing to Muslims in the USA?

[msc545]

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