Good and Evil
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This piece was originally titled "Star Wars, bad guys, and the nature of evil" but was retitled "What makes a good bad guy? Ask a philosopher" by the publisher.
The Challenge We must improve our understanding of 'evil', because our lack of understanding gives evil vastly more power over us and the way we live, than it would if we knew more about what we were dealing with and how to deal with... more
At the beginning of the 21st century, the philosophical discourse concerning good and evil seems to be subsumed into three major areas; meta-ethics which describes the nature of good and bad, normative ethics concerning how human beings... more
This paper explores Macbeth's free will. Since all the prophecies come true in the play, it could be considered that Macbeth was predestined to all the events he experiences. However, it can also be considered that, being only fated to be... more
One of the most complex philosophical and theological issues that has always been discussed throughout history and on the other hand has been the basis of atheism for some atheists, is the issue of the existence of evil in the world.... more
این کتاب ترجمه دو مدخل دانشنامه آنلاین فلسفه است این دو مدخل شامل مسئله قرینه ای شر و مسئله منطقی شر میشود مسئله منطقی شر را جیمز بی بی نوشته و مسئله قرینه ای شر را نیک تراکاکیس احمد فکری هل آباد این دو مدخل را به زبان فارسی برگردانده... more
In a post-war panorama of secular humanism, morality has taken on new contours that allow Goodness to be achieved via the forgoing of the Self. This seems to be the lesson of the late Iris Murdoch, who dedicated her life to the study of... more
TO READ THE PREVIEW SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE PREVIEW SCROLL DOWN A great American psychologist summarizes one of the most difficult of subjects--the nature of dreaming--after decades of lifting matters out of the morass of Freudianism.... more
Good and evil have always been walking hand in hand across the planet. They both are essential for our understanding of the world, as without evil, we would never know what good is. All mankind shares most general perceptions about evil –... more
Din felsefesinde en çok tartışılan konulardan biri olan kötülük problemini ele almamızın sebebi, bu probleme mutlak manada bir çözüm getirmek değil –kötülük mefhumu bir problemden öte problematik olarak karşımızda durarak sınırlarımızı... more
An uncritical exposition. A summary. A lecture-note.
Barth responds to the modern lack of language for talking of evil by developing the concept of das Nichtige (CD III/3, §50). 'Das Nichtige'for which 'nothingness' is an insufficient translation-encompasses not only sin, but also the... more
This extended essay for the IB program evaluates the extent in which we can perceive Lord Voldemort as the misunderstood tragic hero of the Harry Potter series, rather than as the villainous archetype he is famously portrayed to be. To... more
Foot argues that there are certain things that all human beings - perhaps all rational agents - need. This gives a sense in which certain values and disvalues can be called 'objective'. I suggest that, with certain relatively minor... more
A general overview of the schemes by which the negative aliens manipulate and control our consciousness through interfacing with our Unconsciousness Mind has been presented. It is explicated that with the avaricious need to siphon our... more
In today’s modern and supposedly rational society, mention of the biblical concept of the “Fall of Man” could seem incongruous and even irrelevant. How can such an archaic concept, requiring complete denial of Darwin’s theory of evolution... more
I articulate and defend a conception of evil action. Many philosophers who ruminate about evil suppose that some particular concept should be foundational in a theory of evil, such that other related concepts can be derived from it. On... more
King Lear is one of the most famous tragedies by the great Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Perhaps this is the most exceptional play by Shakespeare not only for its protagonist’s being an old-aged man who is nearly at the end... more
Only five figurative capitals of Romanesque style still exist in Chartres Cathedral – all in its North-West-Tower, probably sculptured in the late 1130ies. Overshadowed by the splendor of Gothic architecture and art at Chartres, they have... more
There is a permanent need for asking what is evil, whether is exists or not and how can human beings handle with it. This study argues that evil have a real content (somethingsomeone) and that it can be defined around the following... more
The paper focuses on two graphic novels from Mike Mignola, namely Hellboy: Seed of Destruction and Hellboy: Wake the Devil. It analyses the notions of good and evil, their relationship and the way they are portrayed, both visually as well... more
ABSTRACT: Concepts of “good” and “evil” are concepts that cannot be evaluated independent of one another but that most of the time cannot be separated from one another with certain lines. The concepts of “bad” and “evil”, which express... more
AS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, WE KNOW EVERYTHING IN THIS MULTIVERSE BECAUSE WE MADE IT. IT IS ALL A REFLECTION OF OUR COLLECTIVE DREAM.
A reader may find the prospect of comparing Dracula and the Pied Piper rather odd. The paper concerns Vlad the Impaler, not the legend of Dracula as expounded by Bram Stoker. Vlad Dracula was a historical figure while the Pied Piper is... more
Od zarania dziejów refleksji filozoficznej mamy do czynienia z ciekawością człowieka, który nie tylko chce poznawać granice tego, co właśnie poznawczo – pod wieloma względami – jest dostępne, ale pragnie sięgać dalej – poza.... more
Our experience of evil is complex and profound. Scientific and theological attempts to provide a rational explanation for evil fall short of providing an exhaustive explanation. Three attempts to explain evil are examined here: (1) Ernest... more
The problem of Good and Evil which is considered in the philosophical literature of Azerbaijan, as I will show in my article, is an example of a typical theology. The problem of good and evil in our philosophical literature is explained... more
Dans ces pages, je mets en relation le concept du mal, dont j’expose les deux conceptions fondamentales, avec le concept de la mémoire tant individuelle que collective. Je pars de la définition augustinienne de la mémoire comme force de... more
Double-Effect Reasoning (DER) implies the coexistence of good and evil in certain affairs; for a good outcome to appear, the possible evil side effects in its company or deviating from it are foreseen-but-not-intended. In Paradise Lost,... more
Como es sabido, el cristianismo nació de la prédica del judío Jesús de Nazaret, cuyas enseñanzas corresponden principalmente a un judaísmo fariseo impregnado de algunos elementos esenios. Gran parte de las doctrinas que muchos consideran... more
ALL OF THIS LOVEY DOVEY, NEW AGE, METAPHYSICAL FLUFF, IT JUST PERPETUATES THE SUPPOSED BALANCE OF GOOD AND EVIL, WHICH DOES NOT WORK - NEVER HAS.
THE CLEAR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS IS FREEDOM
THE CLEAR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS IS FREEDOM
A common trait of the exhaustive modern interpretation history of the paradise story in Gen 2–3 is a disregard for the role of aesthetics and in particular the senses.It seems that after gripping the fruit of knowledge, as induced by the... more