Where does evil come from?

[Mise]

Slimebeast said:

Mise said:

Slimebeast said:

The_vagabond7 said:

Good and evil aren't real tangible objective things, they are entirely decided by the cultural zeitgeist of the day.

Really? So can think of a scenario where it's a good act to torture a baby?

Or rather, do you mean it is irrelevant to ever describe the act of torturing a child good/right or evil/wrong?

Don't know if this applies, but some cultures consider things like infant circumcision (without painkillers, of course) and ritual tattoos to be a good thing - and because both procedures tend to be quite painful, they could be considered physical torture by someone with a different point of view.

Otherwise, I pretty much agree with  The_vagabond7.

 

Please put at least a little thought into this.

Your examples were horrible and don't apply here, because in your scenarios the procedure of cirumcising the child has a purpose, some kind of gain.

Instead think of a scenario where you have one guy in the woods alone with a baby. And he's got a hammer. There is no gain except for his own temporary pleasure.

Right or wrong? Good or evil?

Seems like I put in more thought than you ever did.

You asked for a scenario where inflicting torture on a child could be considered a good thing, you got a few. Doesn't mean that torturing a child could be considered good in all given situations, nor does it mean that it couldn't be considered wrong in others.