RE: What is Good or Evil? The Good and Evil Continuum, Spectrum, Scale or Degrees
Brilliantly stated! It has long amused me how critics of absolutism can somehow get to a point where they are-- in effect-- "absolute" relativists. Huh?
I often run into the argument that "taking someone's life" is inherently "evil," but if that person is doomed to die a slow and excruciating death from an incurable illness, is taking their life still "evil?" I would surmise not.
Of course, I am sure you also run into the position that "intellectualizing" how human motivation, morals and the psyche work is just "a highbrow way to avoid dealing with one's authentic feelings." Again, another all-or-nothing stance.
Duality absolutely exists (which is say as someone who spent a decade+ in pursuit of experiencing non-duality); it's hard to experience "light" without an understanding of "dark;" we can't define "good," absent evil as a defining counterpoint.
Yes, for the definition of a dualistic conceptual framework, the opposite is required. But, if no one was engaging in evil actions, evil would not be present for us to distinguish, and evil would not exist by our actions, but good would exist by default despite us referring to it by some other name, maybe, since it would just be "what is", and "what is" is truth level 1 of the current condition, and truth level 2 is the way things should be, so if what is is what should be, we are already in good and it's simply reality = truth = good without us needing to recognize it. Thanks for the feedback.