Good and evil
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| - | In [[religion]], [[ethics]], and [[philosophy]], the phrase, ''' good and evil''' refers to the evaluation of objects, [[desire]]s, and [[behavior]]s across a ''dualistic [[spectrum]]'' —wherein in one direction are those aspects which are morally ''positive'', and the other are morally ''negative''. The good is sometimes viewed as whatever entails reverence towards either [[life]], [[continuity]], [[happiness]], or [[human flourishing]], while [[evil]] is given to be the support for their opposites. Many religious and philosophical views will tend to agree that "good and evil" are [[abstraction|abstract]] [[concept]]s and not [[absolute]]s. However, there is a general view that the terms are treated as if they were absolutes.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | In [[religion]], [[ethics]], and [[philosophy]], the phrase, ''' good and evil''' refers to the evaluation of objects, [[desire]]s, and [[behavior]]s across a ''dualistic [[spectrum]]'' —wherein in one direction are those aspects which are morally ''positive'', and the other are morally ''negative''. The good is sometimes viewed as whatever entails reverence towards either [[life]], [[continuity]], [[happiness]], or [[human flourishing]], while [[evil]] is given to be the support for their opposites. Many religious and philosophical views will tend to agree that "good and evil" are [[abstraction|abstract]] [[concept]]s and not [[absolute]]s. However, there is a general view that the terms are treated as if they were absolutes.{{GFDL}} |
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In religion, ethics, and philosophy, the phrase, good and evil refers to the evaluation of objects, desires, and behaviors across a dualistic spectrum —wherein in one direction are those aspects which are morally positive, and the other are morally negative. The good is sometimes viewed as whatever entails reverence towards either life, continuity, happiness, or human flourishing, while evil is given to be the support for their opposites. Many religious and philosophical views will tend to agree that "good and evil" are abstract concepts and not absolutes. However, there is a general view that the terms are treated as if they were absolutes.
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