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Re: No evil people
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 3 Nov 2001 17:05:31 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Carl Watson writes:
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> > Yes thanks.
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> > I do not deny the existence of evil.
> > IMO evil is a description of an action.
> > I believe there are evildoer's but not evil people.
> > What do you think?
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> I think that there ARE evil people. Here are a few candidates for you to
> consider:
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> Pol Pot. Joseph McCarthy. Joseph Stalin. Jeffrey Dahmer.
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> (that last one, some will argue is a mentally ill person, but I'm not sure
> one way or the other... it's a candidate list not an assertion list)
IMO all those people performed evil acts.
How do you define an 'evil person'? How do you define evil?
Can someone perform evil acts & not be an evil person.
Is an 'evil person' always evil? Where they born evil?
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| (...) Candidate definition: Someone who consistently performs evil acts, knowing that under objective morality they are evil. (...) Well, I guess I'd want to hear your definition, since you presumably have one since you agreed with me on the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think that there ARE evil people. Here are a few candidates for you to consider: Pol Pot. Joseph McCarthy. Joseph Stalin. Jeffrey Dahmer. (that last one, some will argue is a mentally ill person, but I'm not sure one way or the other... it's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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