Understood as a deprivation of perfection due a being is a big "IF". We don't know what beings experienced before the presence of humanity. We can choose to manipulate the understanding of it for definitive convenience but it remains speculative.
On Jun 27, 7:19 pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
