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Old 11-08-2002, 06:35 PM   #43
K T Ong
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Join Date: January 27, 2002
Location: Plateau of Singapore
Age: 62
Posts: 1,230
/)eathkiller always has to seize the limelight in some way.

In deciding on issues of moral good and evil, I would say intention is everything. After all, it makes no sense to speak of, say, an accident as something morally evil, since no intention was involved; it wasn't intended by anyone to happen. (Well, maybe you want to say it was intended and brought about by God, a god or a spirit; then we'd have to appraise the scenario afresh.)

And I wouldn't say good and evil are all relative. The acts themselves and their results -- yes (killing might occasionally be good, for example), but the intention behind the acts -- I'd say it's a different matter. And to act with the intention of causing harm to another is evil; to act with the intention of benefitting another is good. Quite commonsensical, really. Nothing relative.

Might elaborate later if there's any response to this. Wonder when dear beloved MagiK decided to change his sex, BTW... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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