Well, think about life on earth before man existed. Dinosaurs eating mammals, beings born with birth defects, and so forth. No moral evil was possible then. But physical? Understood as a deprivation of perfection due a being, surely there was physical evil.
On Jun 27, 5:06 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know that we could be certain of that because it has not been > established whether or not any other than human species have moral > value and rational ability. "IF" is always a big word! > > On Jun 27, 6:44 pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In a world without rational agents no moral evil would happen. But > > there could be physical evil without man. If evil is understood as the > > privation of some perfection due a being, than any sickness, accident > > or death would be physical evil, even if not willed by a personal > > being. > > > In fact I suppose there must have been such physical evil, before man > > was. > > > On Jun 24, 11:26 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If there were no humans on the planet would evil exist? > > > > Is it evil that the cat should torment and kill the mouse and then > > > walk away? > > > > Re enter humanity and examine the BTK killer. > > > > The subjectivity of evil. > > > > Is it simple? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
