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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Why is There So Much Evil in The World Today?

So much anger. So much hatred. So much difficulty in finding the good in others.

One cannot take in the news without being faced with another act of evil. Murder. Rape. Assault. In ones neighborhood and throughout the world.

I thought to check out just what Evil, Morality, and Ethics are before discussing further.

EVIL

ADJECTIVE
  1. profoundly immoral and malevolent:
    "his evil deeds" ·
    synonyms: wicked · bad · wrong · immoral · sinful · foul · vile · dishonorable · corrupt · iniquitous · depraved · reprobate · villainous · nefarious · vicious · malicious · malevolent · sinister · demonic · devilish · diabolical · fiendish · dark · monstrous · shocking · despicable · atrocious · heinous · odious · contemptible · horrible · execrable · lowdown · dirty
NOUN
  1. profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force:
    "the world is stalked by relentless evil" · "good and evil in eternal opposition"
    synonyms: wickedness · bad · badness · wrongdoing · sin · ill · immorality · vice · iniquity · degeneracy · corruption · depravity · villainy · nefariousness · malevolence · devil · turpitude

MORALITY

NOUN
  1. principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
    synonyms: ethics · rights and wrongs · ethicality · virtue · goodness · good behavior · righteousness · rectitude · uprightness · morals · principles · honesty · integrity · propriety · honor · justice · decency · ethics · standards/principles of behavior · mores · standards
    • a particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society:
      "a bourgeois morality"
    • the extent to which an action is right or wrong:
      "behind all the arguments lies the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons"

ETHICS

NOUN
  1. moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior:
    "Judeo-Christian ethics"
    synonyms: moral code · morals · morality · values · rights and wrongs · principles · ideals · standards (of behavior) · value system · virtues · dictates of conscience
  2. the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. ADJECTIVE
  3. profoundly immoral and malevolent:
    "his evil deeds" ·
    synonyms: wicked · bad · wrong · immoral · sinful · foul · vile · dishonorable · corrupt · iniquitous · depraved · reprobate · villainous · nefarious · vicious · malicious · malevolent · sinister · demonic · devilish · diabolical · fiendish · dark · monstrous · shocking · despicable · atrocious · heinous · odious · contemptible · horrible · execrable · lowdown · dirty
    NOUN
  1. profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force:
    "the world is stalked by relentless evil" · "good and evil in eternal opposition"
    synonyms: wickedness · bad · badness · wrongdoing · sin · ill · immorality · vice · iniquity · degeneracy · corruption · depravity · villainy · nefariousness · malevolence · devil · turpitude

Words. All trying to explain what we are seeing and experiencing. Many try to explain it by claiming it’s due to mental instability – a nice word for insanity. But, what is the foundation for it?

This is just my personal opinion. We are seeing today the result of parenting – or the lack thereof. We learn and become who we are as we see our parents doing. No matter where we are in the world or the society in which we are raised, our view of the world comes from what we saw our parents and their adult associated showed us.

Are you short of temper? Perhaps one or both of your adult mentors was.

Are you racist or bigoted? Again, did you learn it from your parents?

And there is one other factor – just the fact that we find ourselves surrounded more often by evil. It fills the air and assaults our senses.

What can we do about it? Is it even possible to reduce its presence? And, what, if anything, can we do to protect ourselves from it?

So many questions and I have so few answers.

Anyone?