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Originally posted by juju
Dude, what the hell are you smoking? Are you saying that there is no good, only evil?
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying, but I suspect you're going for a cultural relativism angle. Even with this philosophy, there are still universal morals. For example, not torturing people is <i>always good</i>.
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Hmm.. I suppose I mean there is no true wonderfully right way that you can cover everyone with and say "This works. This is right answer for everything." Besides, just
not doing evil doesn't make you good.
I can not run old ladies in wheel chairs over in my car. It doesn't mean I'm good. It just means I'm not evil in that way.
So in effect, I'm the lesser of two evils in regards to that line of thought.
Here's another one for you:
Parents of Johnny (Johnny is always used in stories...
) know he's sick. It is their firm belief that in the best interest of their child, they cover him in tea leaves and dance around him naked.
Conventional medicine tells us that if we pull out three of his teeth, it'll cure him.
It is long standing tradition and deep belief that this is a sin against humanity, at least in the child's and parent's eyes.
He dies because the tea leaf dance doesn't save him.
Are the parents evil? Are they good?
(I intentionally made this an abstracted scenario, but you'll easily spot the reference to similar real life incidents.)
Quzah.