The difference between Good and Evil?

metalic_fire · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 4:30 pm

I was wondering what really makes somebody good as opposed to evil. Are all people who get sentenced to life in prison evil? Are the people the majority finds completely heartless really that bad? Do we say a good person is an honest person? But nobody likes a snitch... As I think about it more the answer seems more unclear...

Please say your opinions to why some people are labelled one from the other. And by this I'm not thinking of one's personality but one's actions.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 4:30 pm

trekkie · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 5:38 pm

good is a perception and people who do evil deeds believe they are doing good because they are living in ignorance.

murdererdood · **Posted:** May 19th, 2008, 12:54 am

There is no such thing as traditional "good" or "evil". Life doesn't exist along a clumsy moral template, as much as people hope it does.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** May 20th, 2008, 2:48 am

It's a matter of perspective. One mans evil is another mans good.

Jan · **Posted:** May 20th, 2008, 10:03 am

evil is way more fun, but cant be evil without good.

metalic_fire · **Posted:** May 20th, 2008, 10:53 am

Jan wrote:

evil is way more fun, but cant be evil without good.

How is being evil fun? Or why isn't it evil without good? Please Clarify.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 20th, 2008, 10:53 am

EnglishPenguin · **Posted:** May 31st, 2008, 12:28 pm

People can be both. I mean, someone who is evil may think they are good, as they believe what they are doing is right. There realisticly is no such thing as good and evil.
If I was asked to define good, I would say it was someone that helped people, and was looked up to in admiration. Someone that didn't hurt people.
However, some people would say good would be saving the world, no matter how many people it hurts and so on and so forth.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** May 31st, 2008, 8:38 pm

Evil is such a crappy term. I believe that badness is spoiled goodness. When we do bad things, we usually excuse ourselves from feeling the guilt of our actions by saying that our intentions are good. Stealing is a bad thing, but wanting to acquire wealth isn't. Raping someone is bad, but wanting to have *** isn't. I could go on with examples.

The Killer · **Posted:** June 1st, 2008, 6:15 am

Evil is pretty much what isn't accepted in a society. I'm sure there's some examples but I can't think of any at the moment.

trekkie · **Posted:** June 1st, 2008, 8:22 am

there is no such thing as good and evil.
there is only what people perceive as just and unjust.

Earth · **Posted:** June 1st, 2008, 12:28 pm

trekkie wrote:

good is a perception and people who do evil deeds believe they are doing good because they are living in ignorance.

... so habitat for humanity is evil now? i thought we all agreed that was Bush and McDonalds

trekkie · **Posted:** June 1st, 2008, 5:08 pm

earth271072 wrote:

trekkie wrote:

good is a perception and people who do evil deeds believe they are doing good because they are living in ignorance.

... so habitat for humanity is evil now? i thought we all agreed that was Bush and McDonalds

well let me ask you this, does a person really need a house that covers an entire acre?

Pat · **Posted:** June 2nd, 2008, 12:13 am

You're thinking this as much too black and white. There's no definite good or a definite bad. I believe people rarely do bad things simply because they enjoy doing bad things. But rather, alleged "evil" people are simply people who have been misled to believe that what they are doing is good or justified.

The only difference between a "good" or a "bad" person is simply up to who is talking.

Earth · **Posted:** June 2nd, 2008, 9:30 am

trekkie wrote:

earth271072 wrote:

trekkie wrote:

good is a perception and people who do evil deeds believe they are doing good because they are living in ignorance.

... so habitat for humanity is evil now? i thought we all agreed that was Bush and McDonalds

well let me ask you this, does a person really need a house that covers an entire acre?

people need houses and they don't cover an entire acre,i have helped build one myself

trekkie · **Posted:** June 2nd, 2008, 2:03 pm

but then why do we build mansions? lots of hollywood people love to build mansions that cost millions of dollars