March 2nd, 2008
Defining Good And Evil
There are good people everywhere, but how do we define good? Pope Sixtus IV loved Tomas de Torquemada (arguably the most evil man that has ever lived)! Good and evil seem entwined with society’s expectations. Behavior can be considered good by some, bad by others, and volumes are written on this subject by philosophers and the religious regarding whether good and evil exists as an entity. Since good and evil seem to change in the context of various cultures, religions, and circumstances, how do we get to the root of good and evil? Wouldn’t we have to look beyond social and religious morays?