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Default 08-15-2002, 06:53 PM

....turns off Chris De Burghs "Lady in Red".....

A wise man knows what he does not know Solidus. I happen to lean more so to option A. We are all born with the capability to commit what "society' has deemed evil. Factors such as environment, and mental health affect these capabilities. There are so many routes here that I would not dare believe I am right. This is why I asked the question Here is a point to think about as well:

"If what you say is true, then the statement is absurd which affirms that a man often does evil knowingly when he might abstain, because he is seduced and overpowered by pleasure…That this is ridiculous will be evident if only we give up the use of various names, such as 'pleasant' and 'good'…Let us say that a man does evil knowing that he does evil. But someone will ask: "Why?" "Because he is overcome" is the first answer. "And by what is he overcome?" the inquirer will proceed to ask. And we shall no longer be able to reply "By pleasure", for instead of 'pleasure' it has taken another name, namely 'the good'. "By the good" we shall have to reply…But our questioner will rejoin with a laugh: "That is too ridiculous, that a man should do what he knows to be evil when he ought not, because he is overcome by good."

Man does what is in his best interest, so therefor, can it be concidered Evil?
  
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