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Aurakles · 02-26-2007, 03:22 PM

I think a problem with this question is that it seems to have a predefined parameter. It is based on binary oppositional thinking, and I have always found that thinking in twos is dangerous. Why is it that good and evil are even positioned as polar opposites, as if these are the two only possibilities in this scenario? Maybe you just need good people to do nothing for so called evil to exist, but that is not to say that one exists because of the other. Is indecision a good or evil thing? Is fear? Is making a uniformed choice is also a possibility? Are unintended consequences good or evil? Neither concept is universal, absolute, or clear and I don't think you need one for the other to exist. It is like saying there is no gray area or there are no other colors, just black and white. It is also like saying neither bleeds into the other or informs the other. To think this is to limit both the discussion and one's thinking.

02-26-2007, 03:22 PM	#20 (permalink)
Aurakles Crazy Location: behind open eyes	I think a problem with this question is that it seems to have a predefined parameter. It is based on binary oppositional thinking, and I have always found that thinking in twos is dangerous. Why is it that good and evil are even positioned as polar opposites, as if these are the two only possibilities in this scenario? Maybe you just need good people to do nothing for so called evil to exist, but that is not to say that one exists because of the other. Is indecision a good or evil thing? Is fear? Is making a uniformed choice is also a possibility? Are unintended consequences good or evil? Neither concept is universal, absolute, or clear and I don't think you need one for the other to exist. It is like saying there is no gray area or there are no other colors, just black and white. It is also like saying neither bleeds into the other or informs the other. To think this is to limit both the discussion and one's thinking. __________________ Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake. Last edited by Aurakles; 02-26-2007 at 03:24 PM..