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Why is evil evil?	tonyrey	03/15/04
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Clarification/Follow-up by tonyrey on 03/15/04 4:19 pm: Ken, how does one determine whether the judgment that something is evil is appropriate?
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Jon1667		03/15/04
What else should evil be, but evil? If you mean by "existing only in the mind," that evil is a response by people to events and the actions of others, I agree that is what it is. But then the question is whether the judgment that something is evil is appropriate or not arises. The ascription of evil to an action or an event is, as you suggest (or do not suggest!) "subjective." but then, so is the ascription of color to an object, subjective in just that sense. Subjective, but not arbitrary nor non-rational. We do not ascribe the color red to fire-engines on whim.

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