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- From: cs291@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jonathan A. Rochkind)
- Newsgroups: alt.evil
- Subject: Re: Evil in general
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 23:00:05 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, sa114984@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Steven Arnold) says:
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- > I assume that everyone who believes in evil believes in absolute moral
- >right and wrong. After all, what is evil if not the violation of what is morally
- >right? And what meaning can evil have if there is no such thing?
- > Has anybody ever considered the consequences to society if there were no
- >such thing as evil? Why, we NEED evil, don't we, at least as a contrast to good.
- If we need evil, then it is a good thing that we have it. And if eveil is
- good, then there is no eveil, cause it's all good. So, either we dot' need
- eveil, or we need it but we can't have it. It is impossible to need
- eveiil and to have it.
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