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
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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
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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
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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
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a particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society:"a bourgeois morality"
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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"
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ETHICS
NOUN
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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
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the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. ADJECTIVE
-
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
-
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
NOUN
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?
