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Topic	how are people ok with using "evil" and "good" as labels?
AlisLandale 07/30/20 10:04:07 AM #26:	averagejoel posted... part of the point is that I don't think it has much (if any) use as a descriptor, just because it's so vague Society needs to be able to communicate morals. What it sees as right and what it sees as wrong. From these agreed upon beliefs we build social contracts and culture. You can argue theres no concrete, intrinsic metric by which to measure good or evil. But theres no concrete metric for descriptors like clever, stupid, brave, admirable, valuable, annoying, embarrassing, etc. life is uncertain and largely meaningless. Human society constructed meaning. Theres value in deconstruction, but trying at it too hard isnt going to produce anything useful --- https://imgur.com/mptS9Qj I stan Kayako Saeki <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:942772558] in how are pe... [t:78881048]...</cite> <quote>averagejoel posted... </cite> <quote>part of the point is that I don't think it has much (if any) use as a descriptor, just because it's so vague</quote> Society needs to be able to communicate morals. What it sees as right and what it sees as wrong. From these agreed upon beliefs we build social contracts and culture. You can argue theres no concrete, intrinsic metric by which to measure good or evil. But theres no concrete metric for descriptors like clever, stupid, brave, admirable, valuable, annoying, embarrassing, etc. life is uncertain and largely meaningless. Human society constructed meaning. Theres value in deconstruction, but trying at it too hard isnt going to produce anything useful --- https://imgur.com/mptS9Qj I stan Kayako Saeki</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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