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Originally posted by orbital
It is my belief that there is no absolute good or evil unless there exists some greater metaphysical truth that rationalizes absolute good or evil.
Interestingly enough, a study proposes that intelligent people tend towards altruism ("good") and less intelligent people tend towards selfishness ("evil.") On another note, various cultures do share similar conceptions of good and evil. The sanctity of life, for instance, is respected (or at least recognised, hence the pleasure/displeasure taken when defiling it) by most.
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More intellegent people are more "good" because they have switched their view from egocentric, to ethnocentric, to sociocentric, to maybe even world centric. Meaning, they can understand the perspective of theirselves, their own race, their society, then eventually all beings on earth and possibly higher.
Less intellegent people don't develop those views, hence the selfishness