Philosophical Questions: Evil

[ysabetwordsmith]

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What is your definition of evil?


Here ya go! I wrote a whole article on this topic: "The Sword Without a Hilt: Concepts of Evil." As you can see, I have found many excellent descriptions for the various facets of evil.

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[acelightning73]

I just can't stop feeling outraged when I see outrages taking place. I see a video in which someone is holding a sign saying "Women - You don't need to go to college. All you need is a Bible and a cookbook... and a MAN." Or reports of preteen boys yelling "Your body - MY CHOICE!" at preteen girls.

The only "need" they're filling is their infantile desire to MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE MISERABLE. Seeing people suffer entertains them, gives them a feeling of power.

Tell me more about hopepunk.I explain my beliefs by quoting Fred ("Mister") Rogers, a creative and very kind man who taught children kindness with his TV show where puppets acted out appropriate and inappropriate behaviors so children could learn which to choose, and how to make the choice..

I suspect the hooligans who stabbed three immigrants who didn't speak English thought they were doing the nation a service - removing these filthy foreigners who are overruning our country and eating our pets and robbing our houses and raping our women and addicting children to Fentanyl.
When you think of how most of those immigrants get here - they walk barefoot through the dust from the Panama Canal to the Rio Grande, preyed upon by human "coyotes" and sometimes abandoned inside a truck trailer in the desert sun with no water. I admire the courage they display, demonstrating how desperately they want to reach the Promised Land, where people have FOOD.
And Lady Liberty has always been one of my favorite goddesses - Mother of Exiles.

How can I not feel angry and frustrated and OUTRAGED to know that these outrages are taking place. It needs to be FIXED, and I don't know how to fix it. I voted for the good candidate, but the convicted rapist won. But how do I "teach the world to sing in perfect harmony" - prevent people from wanting to commit acts of violence and destruction? How do I tell them that when Jesus said "love thy neighbor", he forgot to add that EVERY PERSON ON THIS PLANET is your neighbor. No matter where they were born, what language they speak, what color their skin is, what religion they were taught, or who they have sex with and how, YOU STILL HAVE TO LOVE THEM. Just be a good neighbor, and remember things from preschool - don't hit people, don't call them insulting names, don't take away their stuff, and hold someone's hand when you cross the street. And don't run with sharp things.

My husband gets angry when I get upset over horrible things happening. I should suppress my anger and not start waving my arms and shouting about how we have to change things. When I woke up and heard the election results, I felt as if I'd been violently punched or kicked very powerfully right on my navel. And I had a nasty case of diarrhea and cramps for two weeks after that. Apparently outrage is bad for my health.

"Oh, Martin, dearie, don't get all worked up about segregation. YOu piss off white people when you say those things. Just keep quiet and stay out of trouble."

I was one of the people who marched in the streets and sang protest songs in the 1960s. Our protest songs ended a war and forced a president to resign. But it didn't give me a stomachache.


https://youtu.be/afIJ2p-Un5o?si=YQrQxilvwCX6XYYF

But ringing church bells aren't going to silence the cannons. Actually, Christianity is part of the cause of the atrocities that proliferate. I wish I could believe Longfellow's assertion that "THe wrong shall fail, the right prevail!"

[labelleizzy]

I agree about Mister Rogers. I love him.

Hopepunk is a movement I learned about explicitly over on Tumblr, and I propagate the ideas I learned there, out like a dandelion seed head does. Unkillable. Tough, determined, deep rooted. Easy to spread with very little effort, once the seeds are ripe.

I choose to spend more time in various 'punk places (solarpunk, cripple punk, steampunk as well as hopepunk) because they encourage me.

I was too young and too shy to act punk when punk was cool... Now I'm middle aged lady who you mostly would not know to look at me that I believe such subversive things as UBI and mutual aid.

I'm more punk on the inside 💠 mostly