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
MORALITY
NOUN
ETHICS
NOUN
Words. All trying to explain what we are seeing and experiencing. Many try to explain it by claiming itโs due to mental instability โ 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 โ 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 โ 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?
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
- profoundly immoral and malevolent:
"his evil deeds" ยท
synonyms: wicked ยท bad ยท wrong ยท immoral ยท sinful ยท foul ยท vile ยท dishonorable ยท corrupt ยท iniquitous ยท depraved ยท reprobate ยท villainous ยท nefarious ยท vicious ยท malicious ยท malevolent ยท sinister ยท demonic ยท devilish ยท diabolical ยท fiendish ยท dark ยท monstrous ยท shocking ยท despicable ยท atrocious ยท heinous ยท odious ยท contemptible ยท horrible ยท execrable ยท lowdown ยท dirty
- profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force:
"the world is stalked by relentless evil" ยท "good and evil in eternal opposition"
synonyms: wickedness ยท bad ยท badness ยท wrongdoing ยท sin ยท ill ยท immorality ยท vice ยท iniquity ยท degeneracy ยท corruption ยท depravity ยท villainy ยท nefariousness ยท malevolence ยท devil ยท turpitude
MORALITY
NOUN
- principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
synonyms: ethics ยท rights and wrongs ยท ethicality ยท virtue ยท goodness ยท good behavior ยท righteousness ยท rectitude ยท uprightness ยท morals ยท principles ยท honesty ยท integrity ยท propriety ยท honor ยท justice ยท decency ยท ethics ยท standards/principles of behavior ยท mores ยท 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"
- a particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society:
ETHICS
NOUN
- moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior:
"Judeo-Christian ethics"
synonyms: moral code ยท morals ยท morality ยท values ยท rights and wrongs ยท principles ยท ideals ยท standards (of behavior) ยท value system ยท virtues ยท dictates of conscience
- the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. ADJECTIVE
- profoundly immoral and malevolent:
"his evil deeds" ยท
synonyms: wicked ยท bad ยท wrong ยท immoral ยท sinful ยท foul ยท vile ยท dishonorable ยท corrupt ยท iniquitous ยท depraved ยท reprobate ยท villainous ยท nefarious ยท vicious ยท malicious ยท malevolent ยท sinister ยท demonic ยท devilish ยท diabolical ยท fiendish ยท dark ยท monstrous ยท shocking ยท despicable ยท atrocious ยท heinous ยท odious ยท contemptible ยท horrible ยท execrable ยท lowdown ยท dirty
NOUN
- profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force:
"the world is stalked by relentless evil" ยท "good and evil in eternal opposition"
synonyms: wickedness ยท bad ยท badness ยท wrongdoing ยท sin ยท ill ยท immorality ยท vice ยท iniquity ยท degeneracy ยท corruption ยท depravity ยท villainy ยท nefariousness ยท malevolence ยท devil ยท turpitude
Words. All trying to explain what we are seeing and experiencing. Many try to explain it by claiming itโs due to mental instability โ 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 โ 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 โ 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?