Can you tell me where red becomes blue?

Seriously, I implore you; put your finger on the point in the picture where the red becomes blue. If you're having trouble with that, I would advise you to concede that there is no specific point where anyone can say one way or another, "the box is now blue." Similarly, you should concede that every decision that anyone ever made has had both positive and negative repercussions at some level. Asking what is good and what is evil is an exercise in futility. The real question comes when you ask yourself why you think one thing is good and why you think another is evil.

Morality has classically raised the most questions in the field of philosophy, and for good reason. It is nigh on impossible to give rational backing to any universal moral. Good and evil represent cultural perception, not universal reality. It helps to visualize morality as a democracy where every action counts as a vote. Why else should Indians consider a cow sacred while Americans consider it tasty? It isn't because either perception is correct, only because both perceptions are culturally agreed upon.

According to a recent CNN report, many Afghans don't even realize what happened on 9/11. To these ordinary people, the whole event is just water under the bridge -- even as war ravages their country. Americans, on the other hand, remember the event with tears and unity. As an American, would you say that these misinformed Afghans deserve the title of "evil?" I certainly wouldn't say that anymore than I would say a Buddhist deserves to go to hell.

It has been said by many that there can be no perfection in the universe. Real things can't be purely good or purely evil. The world isn't wrought in binary decisions, it's a gray scale of infinite complexity that cannot be won by any single force.