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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: TimF who wrote (32146)10/12/2001 2:58:33 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I don't think I ever referenced the idea of someone who is incapable of being mistaken about good and evil.

You said this:

"My point was a basicaly good person can mistaken on what is evil.

I would call someone an evil person if they habitually and knowingly commit evil."

If your two premises are TRUE, then they prove these premises( amongst many):

You could be mistaken (if you are a person) when calling someone "evil".

The person you are calling "evil" could be "good" because "a basicaly good person can mistaken on what is evil."

Whether or not the person is actually "good" or "evil" is independent of your opinion (which could be a "mistaken" one).

A person committing "evil" might be a good person by virtue of his/her ignorance.

Well--I could go on and on and on. My point is that your:

"My point was a basicaly good person can mistaken on what is evil.

I would call someone an evil person if they habitually and knowingly commit evil."...is what

you really believe, and belies your previous assertions of absolutist beliefs. You are making the "goodness" of a person conditional--and dependent upon their intelligence (the measurement of being "mistaken"). Thus, "goodness" or "badness" (like intelligence) is a continuum. Just plain silliness, IMO, in terms of how it relates and corresponds to your other posts.
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