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are they culturally embedded into our way of thinking and acting as children. Or is it embedded into our dna to know what's right and what's wrong?

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Both of these.

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Does good and evil really exist

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As I said to my math lecturer one; this is all very dependent on your definition of 'reality'

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That which exists through coercion and force is evil; that which exists through voluntarism is good.

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Popcorn is disgusting.

Similar statements?

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Is everyone predestined to exhibit either predominately good traits or evil traits?

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That which exists through coercion and force is evil; that which exists through voluntarism is good.

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What if I force you into feeding starving children? Or coerce you into discovering the cure for cancer? Is this still evil?

What if you voluntarily blow up a school filled with children? Is that not evil?

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Not to mention that almost any social mammal in existence is evil, since authority - and forceful if need be - is a key element in their social interaction. (Yes for anyone that wonders, that includes humans - we're primates, do the math.)

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Not to mention that almost any social mammal in existence is evil, since authority - and forceful if need be - is a key element in their social interaction. (Yes for anyone that wonders, that includes humans - we're primates, do the math.)



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Yeah, until an AC'ist explained it to me, I didn't realize how evil my parents were to me while I was growing up.

"Eat your vegetables, Hopey...time for bed Hopey...don't run out into traffic Hopey" - pure evil, I tell ya!

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That which exists through coercion and force is evil; that which exists through voluntarism is good.

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So parenting is Evil, huh?

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Okay, here's another.... Are we born good or evil??

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, we are born good-or-evil, literally, precisely as stated.

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No but + and - do.