calculated evil
last night a rather thoughtful friend of mine, in a conversation about religion and how believing in one or another form of god brings peace of mind to some people, we got onto to talking about just what exactly is evil, real evil. now this friend of mine would probably write a more witty and humourous version of just what "real evil" is, but cut me some slack. it is 8:16am have had less sleep than i like, and i have homework and centerlink and its dole line on my mind.
so, a question that was raised was just what exactly is "real evil". now being the smartarse i am, it took me only a few slight seconds for my brain to switch mode and proclaim that "real evil" is calculated evil - the sort of evil where one knowingly knows the incredibly disastrous consequences that comes with their sort of evil they are exacting on others, and more sordidly take pleasure out of it or in their illogical mind, have some form of rational explanation as to the basis of their decisions and actions. i mean, i'm sure you're all capable of coming up with no less than 3 (current or former) world leaders in human history where they have simply done other atrocious acts upon their fellow man, woman and child.
but as my equal in smartarse-ness, my friend simply shot me down and proclaimed, that evil is simply a concept that is defined by humans. other species in their everyday lives have no notion of what evil is for they have not defined the concept to themselves. for example - if a lion is mauling a lamb for dinner, some might think that the lion itself is evil. it is mauling a poor little sweet lamb. i on the other hand argue, that such a scenario is not an example of evil. it is merely evolution and the breeding of survival instincts in the lion that causes it to perform such an act. we humans on the other hand, is scientifically thought of to be the only species with any real depth of intelligence, and with intelligence comes knowledge. now we all know not to hurt, kill, maul, torture etc etc etc other people. why? cos that is evil. but we still do.
now there was a point to this post. or really maybe not. maybe this early in the morning brings out the anti-social pshycopath in me. or maybe for once i just felt like being intelligently witty as you, my equal in smartarse-ness, friend. how poorly i seem to have failed. i take my hat off to you.
so, a question that was raised was just what exactly is "real evil". now being the smartarse i am, it took me only a few slight seconds for my brain to switch mode and proclaim that "real evil" is calculated evil - the sort of evil where one knowingly knows the incredibly disastrous consequences that comes with their sort of evil they are exacting on others, and more sordidly take pleasure out of it or in their illogical mind, have some form of rational explanation as to the basis of their decisions and actions. i mean, i'm sure you're all capable of coming up with no less than 3 (current or former) world leaders in human history where they have simply done other atrocious acts upon their fellow man, woman and child.
but as my equal in smartarse-ness, my friend simply shot me down and proclaimed, that evil is simply a concept that is defined by humans. other species in their everyday lives have no notion of what evil is for they have not defined the concept to themselves. for example - if a lion is mauling a lamb for dinner, some might think that the lion itself is evil. it is mauling a poor little sweet lamb. i on the other hand argue, that such a scenario is not an example of evil. it is merely evolution and the breeding of survival instincts in the lion that causes it to perform such an act. we humans on the other hand, is scientifically thought of to be the only species with any real depth of intelligence, and with intelligence comes knowledge. now we all know not to hurt, kill, maul, torture etc etc etc other people. why? cos that is evil. but we still do.
now there was a point to this post. or really maybe not. maybe this early in the morning brings out the anti-social pshycopath in me. or maybe for once i just felt like being intelligently witty as you, my equal in smartarse-ness, friend. how poorly i seem to have failed. i take my hat off to you.
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