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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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26. A long time ago...
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:24 AM
Jul 2013

...I had a class that taught everyone is seeking a subjectively good goal, that the object of everyone's will is good. We perceive certain things as good (or less bad than other options) which others in general will see as evil due to our ignorance. In certain cases that ignorance can't for certain be planned for or overcome by the limited and fallible type of creatures that we are. Therefore, ignorance will fall into two categories: vincible and invincible. Vincible ignorance is well characterized by the phrase, "I should've known better."

I personally group folks as follows:
- the good folks who don't hurt others
- the evil folks who "should know better" but hurt people anyway
- the crazy folks (who can't know the difference) and hurt people unpredictably
- the crazy folks who don't or haven't yet hurt anyone

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No FBaggins Jun 2013 #1
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The argument that evil people are (all) crazy... FBaggins Jun 2013 #18
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Here's an interesting book... rrneck Jun 2013 #3
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Downloaded to Kindle. Might take me a while to get to it though. rrneck Jun 2013 #9
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Most of us agree upon what is socially acceptable- digonswine Jun 2013 #4
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I guess I was thinking that there are different versions of evil- digonswine Jun 2013 #7
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Yeah-I think so digonswine Jun 2013 #11
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I will try to elucidate- digonswine Jun 2013 #16
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Yeah- digonswine Jun 2013 #20
Refer to my earlier post- digonswine Jun 2013 #12
Since this has been kicked up ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #14
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Well! ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #21
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Crazy conservationist Jul 2013 #24
welcome to DU! TeamPooka Jul 2013 #25
A long time ago... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #26
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