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Forget about "good as gold".[br]Today it's going to get evil.

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But who or what is evil at all?

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The devil?

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The Illuminati?

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The mother in law?

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Usually evil stands for morally wrong decisions,

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an basic power which influences [br]the history of the world

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and which is the opponent of good.

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That means, where light is, is also a shadow.

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Obviously! God against the devil,[br]the West against the terrorists,

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Aspirin against headache ...

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however back to the individual human being.

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But who defines “morally wrong”?

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Depending on the ethic position there are [br]significant differences within the definition.

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According to the critic of the Bible [br]Benedict de Spinoza, evil is all

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That blocks the self-assertion [br]of every individual.

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So, it´s a force from outside,

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that prevents us humans[br]from developing freely.

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For Kant, evil is an essential[br]part of human nature,

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since humans are not only[br]equipped with reason,

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but also with "empirical",[br]entirely worldly needs.

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The inclination to the "dark side"-

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so it has always been in us?

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His fellow Enlightenment thinker[br]Rousseau sees things differently.

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For him, humans are born good.

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Only living in the community (is what)[br]poisons us, makes us evil.

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Are we born evil,[br]or does society make us evil?

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Nietzsche threw all of this overboard,

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declared "good" to be "bad"

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and "evil" simply to be[br]a construct of Christian "slave morality.”

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That is indeed interesting!

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Haven’t we always been more fascinated [br]by Darth Vader

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than by Luke Skywalker[br]wrapped in boring Eco-linen

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It doesn’t matter which point of view you have; [br]be it religious or ideological -

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- "pure" evil; killing, stealing, lying

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Is what is bad for[br]The individual and society

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Yet it seems[br]that we need evil.

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Good and evil are[br]in a dualistic relationship

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One cannot exist without the other

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Otherwise, Ozzy Osborne[br]would just be a doddering father

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and every Hollywood film would begin[br]with the happy ending

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And plod along without antagonists

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We need evil as an antithesis.

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To find our way in the [br]ethnical world

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