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How do you define evil? Is it something that is morally wrong? Is it something that corrupts the mind and soul? What do you think?

For me, examples of evil are...
-Hitler. This guy was just sick. No questions asked. He used the people of Germany and their desperation for his own purposes.
-The Spanish Inquisition. A true example of how a good thing like religion can be twisted into an abomination. Nothing more than an excuse to torture people under the veil of false faith.
-Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The US had no good reason for dropping atomic bombs on civilian population centers. Killing a nation's civilians to force them into surrender is wrong. It's sickening how I hear it dismissed as 'All war have casualties.'

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Cheese Elemental wrote:How do you define evil? Is it something that is morally wrong? Is it something that corrupts the mind and soul? What do you think?


For me, personally, I don’t really think there’s anything to the term ‘evil’ other than ‘stuff I really think needs to stop right now’. Unless someone comes from a religious POV (and they’re certainly welcome to) I don’t really know what else evil could possibly mean.

For me, examples of evil are...
-Hitler. This guy was just sick. No questions asked. He used the people of Germany and their desperation for his own purposes.


It’s also worth remembering that a lot of the really messed up stuff didn’t come from Hitler, and he may not have been aware of the full scope of atrocities committed. I don’t say that to defend the guy, but because it is important not to explain away what happened under the ‘crazy manipulative leader’ excuse. A lot of what happened came from junior officers who were just as cruel and murderous as Hitler.

There were a lot of people in Germany who are alright with taking a whole lot of people and relegating them to second class citizens, who were later alright with locking them up, and were later alright with murdering them. And no, I don’t think there was anything unique about Germany at that point in time, it wasn’t the first time people had killed a lot of Jews, and on plenty of occasions since different societies have organised to kill members of other ethnic groups.

-The Spanish Inquisition. A true example of how a good thing like religion can be twisted into an abomination. Nothing more than an excuse to torture people under the veil of false faith.


Funnily enough waterboarding was one of the three methods of torture proscribed by the Spanish Inquisition.

-Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The US had no good reason for dropping atomic bombs on civilian population centers. Killing a nation's civilians to force them into surrender is wrong. It's sickening how I hear it dismissed as 'All war have casualties.'


There were more than half a million purple hearts manufactured in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. The US high command genuinely thought the invasion would be that bloody. To give a sense of the scale of that kind of casualty list, I think the last of that stockpile was only exhausted in the most recent Iraqi invasion. Now, there is no way the invasion would have actually seen that many killed and wounded, but that’s something we can say with the benefit of hindsight. At the time the Japanese had done an excellent job of representing the strength of their defences, and there was no shortage of (somewhat racist) belief that every Japanese citizen would fight to the death to defend their Emperor. And then you have to consider that every day the war continued, countless more died in the on-going bloodbath in China.

It’s not a decision that I necessarily agree with, and I don’t what decision I would have made if it had been mine to make, but it isn’t a decision I’m all that comfortable condemning, either.

I have a much easier time condemning the Allied high command for Dresden, or letting Stalin invade Berlin without even attempting to make him use some restraint.

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Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. 
   
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Allowing JJ Abrams to make TV shows (and worse, motion pictures) is also an evil act and proof of the absence of any kind of 'just' godlike omnipotent being from outside time-and-space.


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1. War, there is notting glorius about it, never has and never will be
2. Religion, is there a thing that has generated suffering, hate and war is it this thing, It is also a good thing but then again all the bad stuff that has happend in its name is not worth it.
3. Greed

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1.That guy that cut you off in traffic this morning!

2.The Jonas brothers,they will steal you're soul *evil laughter*

3.Monkeys!!!!

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John McCain. Pure, unadulterated, uncomprimising, invincible evil. Just kidding.


Actually, people in general are evil to me. I've meet enough asshats to turn me in to a cynic when I was only 11. That is evil, corrupting and despoiling someones innocence. It was bound to happen, but there is no reason to speed it along. Now, I'm trying to live a life where I may help slow this eventual corruption, but it aint easy.
   
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Cheese Elemental wrote:-Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The US had no good reason for dropping atomic bombs on civilian population centers. Killing a nation's civilians to force them into surrender is wrong. It's sickening how I hear it dismissed as 'All war have casualties.'


To sow enough fear and unrest that it would have stopped the war early, saving perhaps millions more lives.

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I think what is evil is someone doing something wrong just for themselves
Ex: somali pirates

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Evil is someone's interpretation of the actions of another human being.

Had Hitler won the war, his actions may not have been seen as evil (as I'm sure the worst atrocities would have been thoroughly covered up.) And had the Nuking of Japan not had the desired surrender follow it, and they'd gone on to win the War, likewise.

Now, a much better example from the 2nd World War. The flattening of Dresden. My Great Uncle Val flew sorties during that one in a Bomber, and I know he saw no good in the actions that night.

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To cause harm (physical or mental) to another living creature without good reason is how I would define evil.

As to what constitutes a 'good reason' is a another thing entirely.

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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Evil is someone's interpretation of the actions of another human being.

Had Hitler won the war, his actions may not have been seen as evil (as I'm sure the worst atrocities would have been thoroughly covered up.) And had the Nuking of Japan not had the desired surrender follow it, and they'd gone on to win the War, likewise.

Now, a much better example from the 2nd World War. The flattening of Dresden. My Great Uncle Val flew sorties during that one in a Bomber, and I know he saw no good in the actions that night.



Spoken by one with a clear heart.
The world would be a better place if humans are able to accept such truths , unfortunately they do not. Such is the flaw of human beings , chose to ignore / act on things that fancy them.

For example , donate charity for pet drives yet never donate to dying children in africa.

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LunaHound wrote:

For example , donate charity for pet drives yet never donate to dying children in africa.


How would you define the charities who make the situation worse? Like the ones who level the local farming industry by giving away free food? While they are well intentioned, done recklessly, even charity can result in human suffering. Does the intent matter? Or just the result?

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BloodofOrks wrote:
LunaHound wrote:

For example , donate charity for pet drives yet never donate to dying children in africa.


How would you define the charities who make the situation worse? Like the ones who level the local farming industry by giving away free food? While they are well intentioned, done recklessly, even charity can result in human suffering. Does the intent matter? Or just the result?


Obviousely you havnt seen or met the types that *donates only for the sake of inflating their own ego and self worth.

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It depends on whether you believe morals are objective, or subjective. If you're religous, morals are subjective, and herefore it is very clearly defined exactly what evil is. However, if you're an atheist, morals are entirely subjective, relative to your society and culture, and therefore evil does not exist.


 
   
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LunaHound wrote:
BloodofOrks wrote:
LunaHound wrote:

For example , donate charity for pet drives yet never donate to dying children in africa.


How would you define the charities who make the situation worse? Like the ones who level the local farming industry by giving away free food? While they are well intentioned, done recklessly, even charity can result in human suffering. Does the intent matter? Or just the result?


Obviousely you havnt seen or met the types that *donates only for the sake of inflating their own ego and self worth.


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Ketara wrote:It depends on whether you believe morals are objective, or subjective. If you're religous, morals are subjective, and herefore it is very clearly defined exactly what evil is. However, if you're an atheist, morals are entirely subjective, relative to your society and culture, and therefore evil does not exist.


Not necessarily. There are plenty of self-professed Atheists who believe in objective morality. Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens immediately come to mind. Though you could argue that the vehemence of their Atheism necessarily qualifies them as religious; turning the argument on the distinction between Atheism as a lack of belief in God, and Atheism as the belief in the absence of God.

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I once considered commissioning a plaque that said 'Live no Evil', which is 'Live on Evil' backwards. This was during my brief Goth phase, before I became religious.

When it comes to morality in my religion, I feel that I'm pretty relaxed about it. I don't have anything against homosexuality or ogling another man's wife, because after all, these are natural things and we shouldn't repress our instincts. Or maybe I'm just addicted to sex.

People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made. 
   
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Anshal wrote:2. Religion, is there a thing that has generated suffering, hate and war is it this thing, It is also a good thing but then again all the bad stuff that has happend in its name is not worth it.

People will always find an excuse to be evil. Lumping all religion together as "evil" because some people use religion to do bad things is as bad as saying all people from *insert country here* are as bad as *insert country's evil dictator here*.

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Evil is what an individual believes as evil.

Go ahead and call murder evil, some one's gonna say it's right.

It's all subjective.

Though of course, we all know that The Jonas Brothers and Empty Beer Cans are evil.

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