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There should be a major section on Freud's contribution to the idea of the superego (force of destruction) and id (force of renewal and life). It is the closest thing we have of scientific confirmation of the ancient religious doctrines of the struggle between good and evil.67.168.58.103 (talk) 16:51, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
I propose that Evil be merged into Good and evil. Either we create one article for good and another for evil, or keep both under the same article, otherwise it doesn't make sense. I vote for the latter and it fits under the conceptual scheme of the Unity of opposites Lbertolotti (talk) 19:24, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
Merging, as no objection has been raised, per guidelines Lbertolotti (talk) 14:51, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
This article needs to say something about the seven deadly sins and the seven virtues. I think this should be mentioned in point 3.4.7 Christianity. Lbertolotti (talk) 15:08, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
During the week-end I started reading a book on ethics and decided to look up some key terms on Wikipedia for comparison's sake when I discovered that there is no Wikipedia page for "Evil" nor is there one for "Good" as key terms in ethics and philosophy. When I looked closer, I found that another editor last June here [1], had apparently decided to delete both of those pages in his or her preference for a single merged page called "Good and evil". The "merger" was apparently done after a tiny Talk page announcement which no-one seems to have taken seriously, but that editor decided that a no-response to his Talk page proposal could be interpreted by him or her as non-opposition and therefor endorsement to do the merger, which was done last June with no-one noticing it. This merger makes no sense from the standpoint of the study of ethics and philosophy. Philosophy pages should not be merged together because they represent polar opposites of meaning. The two pages should be returned to their original state from last June and the current "Good and evil" page can just be left there as its own limited discussion of this polarity in philosophy. The single topic pages deserve to remain as single topic pages for "Good" and "Evil" separately and without merger. I do not think that the editor that did this had any ill intentions, only that the background of that editor appears to be in economics and mathematics and not in philosophy or ethics. I have notified their page anyway for fair notice practices at Wikipedia. Can somewhat restore the single purpose pages to their state last June before they were apparently inappropriately merged. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 16:56, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
This issue is similar to the cause and effect redirect. I said "Either we create one article for good and another for evil, or keep both under the same article". To do the former you need to split this article in a Good article and a Evil article, by separating the contents, reverting the merger won't solve anything. That is precisely were the problem begins: can you discuss good without referring to evil, and vice-versa? You said the book you are reading discusses both evil and good. Separating War from Peace, or Love from Hate is easier than separating Good from Evil or Cause from Effect. Lbertolotti (talk) 18:28, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Evil: "evil is usually perceived as the dualistic antagonistic opposite of good, in which good should prevail and evil should be defeate", "no direct analogue to the way good and evil are opposed", "1. By good, I understand that which we certainly know is useful to us. 2. By evil, on the contrary I understand that which we certainly know hinders us from possessing anything that is good" ""According to the guidance of reason, of two things which are good, we shall follow the greater good, and of two evils, follow the less." "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil" "evil is non-existent and that it is a concept for the lacking of good" "Are they good or evil, for they are existing beings?" " Since God is good, and upon creating creation he confirmed it by saying it is Good" "the good vs. evil splitting has no direct analogue in it" "clearly divides the world into good and evil" "This division of good and evil is of major importance" " the balance of good and evil" "good and evil may seem neatly separated" " evil does not have a positive existence in itself and is merely the lack of good" "non-Jews have the free will to choose good" "evil arises from a misunderstanding of the goodness of nature" "final resolution of the struggle between good and evil", goes on...
Good (religion): "good and evil is first mentioned as ‘God said it was good.'" "He does not mention anything about evil until the fall of mankind in Genesis 3. In Exodus 20, God set out laws to try and separate god from evil"
The poison article doesn't goes on making differences between poison and non poisonous substances. Also, since poisoning may cause death, it is very difficult to redefine a poisonous substance as a non poisonous one. I don't think you would a find a section like:
*Moral absolutism holds that good and evil are fixed concepts established by a deity or deities, nature, morality, common sense, or some other source. *Amoralism claims that good and evil are meaningless, that there is no moral ingredient in nature. *Moral relativism holds that standards of good and evil are only products of local culture, custom, or prejudice. *Moral universalism is the attempt to find a compromise between the absolutist sense of morality, and the relativist view; universalism claims that morality is only flexible to a degree, and that what is truly good or evil can be determined by examining what is commonly considered to be evil amongst all humans.
Value theory is ok: the aim is to a present a list of different value theories, not a description of antagonistic concepts
Conflict between good and evil: this article is better defined, as it concerns actual examples of good vs evil, not a general description of trying to explain what is good and what is evil.
"... where's the etymology of good?" Well, that dictionary entry has not just one, but five etymologies for good. Lbertolotti (talk) 11:39, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
This article has many problems, see if you agree with the layout for the first section.Lbertolotti (talk) 12:45, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
A long long time ago someone attacked a page either 'good' or 'goodness' with nihilism on the talk page back in the early first decade of this century. I tried to look up the exact talk and article and edit descriptions, which had some name changes since then, I forgot whether it was 'goodness and value theory' or something else but several articles have changed their name since then. Since then good was contaminated with evil. There was no 'good' or 'goodness' page, only a 'good and evil' page and an 'evil' page. This was different from other languages where a similarly equivalent word to 'good' had its own page.
Wikipedia is bad because many people will claim that one word means exactly the same as another when it does not, and they have a lot of agendas for not liking certain words, and so they will oppose certain articles such as 'goodness'.
Hopefully someone else will not attack the article with nihilism again and render it into the pit of doom for more than a decade for a second time.75.175.105.44 (talk) 16:07, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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Could the person who wrote the nietzsche part please cite the sources? Thx! 2600:100E:B013:EDC0:9ACC:3DE2:9B7:3C8D (talk) 05:59, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
I suggest removing it entirely or repurpose that page back into what it originally was for (according to the revision history, it was used to talk about literality themes). It just bothers me that it's... inconsistent? Benroyz (talk) 00:30, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
The sentence begins, "In cultures with Buddhist spiritual influence ... " Instead of characterizing Buddhist influence as "spiritual," the word "philosophical" would be preferable. I don't know how to do an edit. If someone agrees with my assessment, maybe they can make the change. 2600:8801:BE01:2500:DDB6:D92C:4A56:48D9 (talk) 00:24, 13 May 2023 (UTC)