YES, I believe there is such a thing as good and evil in the universe. It can be put very simply: Love=Good Evil=Hate
Why so? Because Hate causes pain causes suffering, which not only stinks subjectively but also hurts productivity in all areas of life (and thus the evolution of society), and because Love nourishes the brain and increases positive outcomes for all. It's simple logic.
Most of the people here are saying that what is right or wrong depends on the culture. That is to say that the only thing that determines whether something is socially acceptable or not is whether people accept it or not. I think there is a difference. Slavery was always evil, no matter how society viewed/accepted it. Killing a baby caused suffering to the child, and though acceptable, it probably caused subconscious/repressed pain to the parents and made the emotional scale of that society on the whole a more bitter, grayer picture.
I believe some societies operate better than others. If this weren't the case, then there would be no reason to care about who our leaders are, how the government is run, what messages are being sent by the media, etc. etc. It would all be the same regardless. But we know that it makes a difference how a society is run, on the lives of all the individuals in it and the quality of functioning on multiple levels--material, intellectual, spiritual, emotional. The more people that are satisfied in all these ways, and meeting their potential in all these ways, the better the society.
Any society that tortures and kills a baby is a twisted society! I don't care what the members think...the baby's suffering is the constant. Varying social acceptibility, constant suffering. Constant perversion of the human mind's capability of accepting, perceiving, and giving love, cooperation, and understanding (all things which benefit society and all its members and take no innocent victims) Think about the VICTIM here!
Are certain things INTRINSICALLY right/wrong?
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YES, I believe there is such a thing as good and evil in the universe. It can be put very simply: Love=Good Evil=Hate
Why so? Because Hate causes pain causes suffering, which not only stinks subjectively but also hurts productivity in all areas of life (and thus the evolution of society), and because Love nourishes the brain and increases positive outcomes for all. It's simple logic.
Most of the people here are saying that what is right or wrong depends on the culture. That is to say that the only thing that determines whether something is socially acceptable or not is whether people accept it or not. I think there is a difference. Slavery was always evil, no matter how society viewed/accepted it. Killing a baby caused suffering to the child, and though acceptable, it probably caused subconscious/repressed pain to the parents and made the emotional scale of that society on the whole a more bitter, grayer picture.
I believe some societies operate better than others. If this weren't the case, then there would be no reason to care about who our leaders are, how the government is run, what messages are being sent by the media, etc. etc. It would all be the same regardless. But we know that it makes a difference how a society is run, on the lives of all the individuals in it and the quality of functioning on multiple levels--material, intellectual, spiritual, emotional. The more people that are satisfied in all these ways, and meeting their potential in all these ways, the better the society.
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Any society that tortures and kills a baby is a twisted society! I don't care what the members think...the baby's suffering is the constant. Varying social acceptibility, constant suffering. Constant perversion of the human mind's capability of accepting, perceiving, and giving love, cooperation, and understanding (all things which benefit society and all its members and take no innocent victims) Think about the VICTIM here!