GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

[David Morris]

>From: Michael Perez
>
>David wrote:
>'Perception,' above, is denigrated, 'cause 'Some of my best friends are
>Black,' right?  Wrong perception is only balanced with more
>information.  'Good' and 'Evil' are moving targets, along with
>'Justice.'"
>
>I don't think context is absolutely necessary, pick any one of the
>issues in the book we have been discussing recently.  No, we cannot, I
>believe, proscribe precisely a set of good or evil acts.  It's not so
>much context as perception, which is not to meant to be denigrated, but
>I don't believe it should be elevated.

Context, or "more information," provides a framework for assigning values.  
Perception constatly changes when provided a new set of facts to consider.  
An act we see as "evil" today might have seemed "normal" or even "good" when 
it was done in the past.

>I don't understand the
>reference to "Some of my best friends are Black" in this discussion -
>unless you're thinking that what I said could be construed as
>supporting the idea that membership into any race (or nationality,
>etc.) could be said to be good or evil in and of itself.  That was
>certainly not intended.

It was a silly shorthanded way of pointing out what a racist might say, 
percieving himself to be morally pure.

>However, I do agree with the last statement
>quoted here that good and evil, like justice, are moving targets.  That
>was more the intended point of my post.
>

Is that where this all began?

David Morris

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