Does evil exist in our world?
To determine whether or not evil does exist, one must first determine just what "evil" is. Is a person evil because he possesses no morals? Or is he considered neutral while his actions are considered "evil"?
Evil manifests itself not in a person's actions or being, but in the eye of the beholder. That is to say, "evil" is whatever we deem to be out of line or non-adherent to morality. For example, what one man views as pedophilia may very well be viewed by another as an expression of love (a rather extreme example, but nonetheless, my point still stands). In essence, the definition of "evil" is rather subjective, and as such, is unreliable and possibly nonexistent. One might say that a person is evil if he breaks the laws of society, but that is simply a subjective analysis in and of itself. Laws are not based on neutral mandates that differentiate "right" from "wrong" but rather, they are based upon the morality of the men who created them, and as such, laws are as every bit subjective as their creators.
Evil is simply the product of a subjective perspective. Those who say that evil does exist only present subjective evidence. There is no way to provide any sort of objective analysis that says "this is evil and this is not." When food is scarce, a mother hamster will eat its young to survive. if that happened today in a human household, the mother would be arrested and in all probability, be committed to an asylum under solitary confinement for the rest of her life. If that is true, then why doesn't that happen to the mother hamster? Why don't the all hamsters across the cage come together and deal with this? Perhaps they lack the mental capabilities to hold a trial, but in reality, they see it as a normal occurrence. They don't have any moral codes to adhere to, and as such, do not see "evil" when the mother eats her children. That being said, this is no such thing as "evil" because really, it's all just in our heads.
Without some sort of moral code, nobody would ever say that "this is evil" or "he's an evil person." "Evil-ness" is simply a matter of perspective and subjectivity. The existence of evil is simply this illusion created by our morals and ethics, which act upon our everyday judgment and tell us "right" from "wrong" and "good" from "evil."
To determine whether or not evil does exist, one must first determine just what "evil" is. Is a person evil because he possesses no morals? Or is he considered neutral while his actions are considered "evil"?
Evil manifests itself not in a person's actions or being, but in the eye of the beholder. That is to say, "evil" is whatever we deem to be out of line or non-adherent to morality. For example, what one man views as pedophilia may very well be viewed by another as an expression of love (a rather extreme example, but nonetheless, my point still stands). In essence, the definition of "evil" is rather subjective, and as such, is unreliable and possibly nonexistent. One might say that a person is evil if he breaks the laws of society, but that is simply a subjective analysis in and of itself. Laws are not based on neutral mandates that differentiate "right" from "wrong" but rather, they are based upon the morality of the men who created them, and as such, laws are as every bit subjective as their creators.
Evil is simply the product of a subjective perspective. Those who say that evil does exist only present subjective evidence. There is no way to provide any sort of objective analysis that says "this is evil and this is not." When food is scarce, a mother hamster will eat its young to survive. if that happened today in a human household, the mother would be arrested and in all probability, be committed to an asylum under solitary confinement for the rest of her life. If that is true, then why doesn't that happen to the mother hamster? Why don't the all hamsters across the cage come together and deal with this? Perhaps they lack the mental capabilities to hold a trial, but in reality, they see it as a normal occurrence. They don't have any moral codes to adhere to, and as such, do not see "evil" when the mother eats her children. That being said, this is no such thing as "evil" because really, it's all just in our heads.
Without some sort of moral code, nobody would ever say that "this is evil" or "he's an evil person." "Evil-ness" is simply a matter of perspective and subjectivity. The existence of evil is simply this illusion created by our morals and ethics, which act upon our everyday judgment and tell us "right" from "wrong" and "good" from "evil."
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