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elizabeth  ·  4019 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Lying Bad?

Proof that there is "good" is not proof that there is nothing BUT "good" or even that it is dominant. Can't we just be a mixture of both "good" and "bad"?

How about the Milgram experiment? Or Zimbardo? Testing the "bad" is quite hard to do in an ethical manner and what's the incentive anyways? I'm not surprised there is not much evidence.

And how to account for all the "evil" in the world then? Is it the product of circumstances and not human nature? Is it just outweight by all the "good"? Or does is simply not exist?

And I'm curious, how do sociopaths fit in your worldview? They certainly can't be considered "good". So many questions... :P