The fallacy of "good and evil"

[feeler]

Originally Posted by TraineeHuman

As previous posts seem to imply, it's probably easier to look at something more concrete, like "harm" rather than "evil". Do no harm. Or else, if harm seems unavoidable, do minimal harm.

But how can we be sure we're not doing harm? And of course, power is so addictive that people tend to let it take them over and blind them. I'd like to suggest you or I may not necessarily have done better than Hitler, or Genghis Khan, or whoever, if you or I had been put into a position like theirs.

Pre-emptive strike (based on mind reading, intelligence reports, or "God asked me to") is not the path to minimizing harm.

Unfortunately, with the acquisition of alien technology, certain black op groups confused destructive power with constructive power.

-feeler