It takes more effort to be evil compared with good?

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It takes more effort to be evil compared with good?

Post by cronus » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:39 am

In the short term it's easy to pull the trigger yet growing a flower is months in the making? So it is with good and evil?
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:41 am

...Therefore, growing flowers is evil.
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Re: It takes more effort to be evil compared with good?

Post by cronus » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:49 am

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:...Therefore, growing flowers is evil.
Poppies maybe?
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Post by JimC » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:19 am

Sins of omission, sins of commission...
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Post by rainbow » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:35 am

Scrumple wrote:
JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:...Therefore, growing flowers is evil.
Poppies maybe?
Did the Good Lord in his infinite wisdom not create the poppy?
How then can it be Evil?
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Post by JimC » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:37 am

Poppycock!
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Post by von Starnberg » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:47 am

The practice of evil is home to as many fakers and dilettantes as physik but there are those of us who are more conscientious, is it not so?

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Re: It takes more effort to be evil compared with good?

Post by Tyrannical » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:59 am

According to moral reasoning, the answer is yes.

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There are four components of moral behavior. The first of these is moral sensitivity, which is "the ability to see an ethical dilemma, including how our actions will affect others."[3] The second is moral judgment, which is "the ability to reason correctly about what 'ought' to be done in a specific situation."[3] The third is moral motivation, which is "a personal commitment to moral action, accepting responsibility for the outcome."[3] The fourth and final component of moral behavior is moral character, which is a "courageous persistence in spite of fatigue or temptations to take the easy way out."[3]
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:05 pm

All depends on the basic premise. Killing is only evil because of an underlying rationale that leads to the conclusion that it is evil to unjustifiably kill someone intentionally. Other premises could lead to other conclusions. The Amish tend to think that even unintentional killing is evil. Is it? Depends on the premises.

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Re: It takes more effort to be evil compared with good?

Post by MrJonno » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:53 pm

No one outside a lunatic asylum considers themselves to be 'evil' so its a bit of a pointless question. You need to be able to think long term to avoid being anti social which is more a case of intelligence than easier
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