Monday, September 12, 2011
Perspective
To answer the question of whether there is good or evil in the world, you must take into account who is asking. Or really, who is answering. In the end, it all matters because there is nothing to the question but perspective. A priest may say anyone who drinks or has sex before being married is evil, but ask a college student and someone who doesn't do those things isn't necessarily evil, but certainly is absent from the norm. A more moderate person may say those things are neither good, nor evil, but perhaps have the ability to be either under varying circumstances. I'm certain we can agree Hitler or Stalin or Kim-Jong-Il are evil people, but to themselves and surely a portion of their constituents they seemed as though they were doing the right thing. The argument can then be made that those constituents are evil, but how do you think you seem/seemed to them? It boils back down to perspective.
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