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I /boop them. I might be a little evil.
DENMARK! THOSE DARNED DANES!
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Have you been labeled as Evil? If yes, what did you do to earn the label?
That’s a hard question to answer, as it uses morality as a basis of comparison, which itself is subjective based on culture or an individual. There isn’t a Universal standard that spans every living thing in the universe. As far as we can tell, Humans appear to be the only living form of life that will base their actions on solely on predefined moral structures.
Basically what is evil or isn’t evil is based on who you ask, and isn’t a linear concept or static, so it can also change based on different situations.
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Evil is something that goes completely against what is considered moral in the world you live in. It’s a concept. To figure out what is evil or not, you have to ask yourself what are the moral standards of the world you live in.
My guess is that you’re from the West, so look up “Morality of the West” online or something. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.
It involves a lot of other concepts, such as being cruel, hurting others for fun, being greedy, etc.
Don’t get caught overcomplicating the concept by going on the nihilistic path. You’ll get an awful grade because you can’t answer anything with a nihilistic approach.
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Ah ha! But there is! And that is your own desires, and do you extend such consideration and treatment to others. Take the example I used above.
This does not mean another won’t like something you do, but it is a measure of evil intent. Cultural faux pas also fall under this because you would want yours to be ignored and understood, so if you don’t ignore and understand others… bam! You have exhibited a minor evil behavior.
That’s not necessarily evil, though, just hypocritical. Hypocrisy can be unethical, but unethical doesn’t always constitute evil unless you define evil as nonconformity to the prevailing moral zeitgeist at which point it becomes entirely arbitrary. A person speaking out against cigarettes while smoking, and not endeavoring themselves to quit, in example; their hypocrisy is harshly deleterious to their position, but that doesn’t mean they’re wrong or immoral for holding it. They’re fallible, likely given over to their addiction and seeing no way out, not evil.
I don’t abide by the belief that morality is subjective because at its core it’s just “might maketh right” and, the way I see it, justifies its own destruction. I think I would rather die spiting callous existence by holding to my puerile human standards than debase myself kneeling thus. Or something. I don’t know, I’m just a guy.
Me. I am evil. Behold my terrible deeds.
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Eating the last slice of pizza out of someone elses refrigerator without even asking!
I SEE YOU DAVID! YOU WILL PAY! 
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Inflicting harm on others even for a good reason can be considered evil.
Evils just a word with various definitions depending on who you’re talking to.
Evil’s not a true thing. it’s a point of view
I’m glad you used an example, because I can debunk that. Evil is not simple hypocrisy, it is infliction of hypocrisy. Evil would be them forcing another to smoke, or speaking out against smoking in certain locations, and then smoking in those locations.
You can not be evil toward yourself. That is not the same as you can’t harm yourself, even willfully. Even regretfully. Because at the time you desired the action. If the other person also desires that action, it can’t be evil. Take my stabbing versus surgery example. You can try to mix in manipulation here, but that is not divorceable from any final action, and so still fails the “not evil” test.
You don’t have to be a hypocrite to be evil. If I were to kill everybody at my job because they’re on their phones and I never was, I’m quite sure I would be labeled as evil.
It’s an interesting thing to debate because there’s never going to be a right or wrong answer. Good and evil are philosophies, not intrinsic truths in the universe.
They’re just a perspective one holds about someone or something. Like a religious belief or political affiliation. There is no right or wrong, only opinion
Call me evil if it pleases you.
I will carry on enacting my will, regardless.
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The hypocracy here was the killing, since you’re still alive. If you also killed yourself for being on the phone you’re just insane. Insane people are not evil, they just have an irrational set of desires.
Your brain is meat jelly with electricity in it. It’s amazing that the concept of “rationality” exists at all.
Wow, evil - that’s a hard one. I thought of all the horrific actions being perpetrated around the world, most in the name of religion or politics. I thought about my upbringing and what I was taught (8 years of Catholic school), and the two times in my life where I did feel a malignant force or entity - and if I told anyone I knew I’d sound crazy. There was one other time when something happened and I truly felt the opposite presence and message - again hard to put into words.
My mind runs logical though, and scientifically, and I consider myself agnostic so as I got older I explained these incidences in my own thoughts as neurons firing off because of circumstances. Basically they weren’t real. How could they be?
When you think about how our minds (brain) works and then throw in emotional intelligence - hell, then throw in different schools of thought from philosophy, sociology, theology, humanities, anthropology, biology … it’s quite a potluck of what’s what.
I guess to me I know more about what evil isn’t than I do about what it is - or if it is. Though I do know when it seems to manifest itself all over the world.
Which then begs the question is it an individual or mob mentality type indoctrination groups? Is it people themselves perpetrating actual evil vs. just bad behavior and lack of morality, mental illness, or a presence?
My husband and I just had quite a conversation this weekend about it after watching The Exorcism of Emily Rose. By the end of the conversation we had no better answers than when we started - though it was one of those fun, agreeable conversations of speculation.
After all that I realize I can’t answer the question - not with any conviction. I’m wondering what your project is - probably need to read the whole thread. Depending on the project I guess I’d have a different answer. If it was for a college paper I’d be bringing all my intellect to answer. If it was metaphysical I’d be bringing all my comparative religions and comparative mythology studies and anthropological endeavors (such as spending a month on New Mexico training with a Shaman) and the supernatural events that could be acts of evil or good, or mere coincidence.
Good Luck! This is definitely a longer conversation than I can write - otherwise you’d end up with an at least 2000 - 5000 word essay. /grin wish we could talk - I love these kind of discussions.
I am about to get far deeper into this than anyone probably should.
First off, something that alway stuck with me once was when someone argued evil people don’t believe they are evil. What they are doing has justification in their own state of mind. The warcraft movie being what it was did have an interesting line from Gul’dan right at the start when a Draenei begged him to let the children go free and his response was “…But I need them”
He didn’t really get the request. He didn’t care about their well being, he had a goal, which was to flee their dying homeworld and preserve the Orc race, and he used another race (that he likely deemed inferior anyways) to accomplish those goals. This begs the question…was the suffering he inflicted for no good reason? Was there another way? Should he have looked for another solution or not run the risk of failing and everyone dying?
Real world example: think about slavery in the past. In today’s world everyone agrees slavery was wrong, it would definitely be seen as evil. Soooooo…do you think anyone in that time period thought they were evil? Do you think all those white landowners with their slaves picking their cotton thought they were evil? When they forced them to stand on the bus so whites could sit did they do it because they had evil intentions? Or did they just think it was the natural order. Also ever seen the pamphlets they handed out back when women were fighting for a right to vote?
So here’s the answer to the question: what is good or evil, and whether you are perceived as good or evil is nothing more than a social construct. You are either good or evil based on how the majority of society views and reacts to your actions. And another line that comes to mind comes from the first Artemis Fowl book.
“If I win, I’m a prodigy. If I lose, then I’m crazy. That’s the way history is written”
In the same way as this quote things that are seen as evil or good are things that won or lost.
…Oh and also ordering a steak well done. That’s definitely evil.
To kill someone who is suffering with an excruciatingly painful terminal illness rather than making them suffer for another few months, for example.
If it pleases you to inflict suffering on others, that is a reason.
Is it a “good” reason?
That depends on what you mean by “good,” which just like “evil,” is another garbage word that means nothing specific.