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To: GPS Info who wrote (201146)	9/4/2006 4:49:01 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I would very much like to read everyone’s opinion about what constitute “good” or “evil.” There’s been a lot of dancing around the subject on this board, but I haven’t seen any pithy comments yet – just lots of labeling: “hypocrite, liar, idiot, traitor,” etc. I’ve had a working view of evil which revolves around the idea of ‘predation:’ those that would take from “us” or “me” are evil, and those that help/give me aid are good and kind. ... The question interests me as well. I'd like a theoretical definition, not just of good and evil, but morality and ethics in general. For most people, morality and ethics are something they inherit from their culture or religion, hence they are largely based on tradition. I'd rather see something with a solid scientific basis instead. Which leads me to a fundamental objection with your definition above: It lacks invariance. This is IMO the most fundamental result we have from science, and I would expect it to apply to any successful scientific underpinning for morality. Our laws of science must give the same results independent of our "perspective". Your definition above is the exact opposite of this: The result is predicated on perspective. FWIW.

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