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11.Good and evil

By textbook definition, evil is that is morally wrong and that hinders the realization of good. If that is evil, then what is good? It's what is morally excellent, virtuous, well behaved and dutiful. Philosophers have argued over what evil is and why it exists for thousands of years. They have raised questions like HOW CAN THERE BE A GOD IF THERE IS EVIL? These questions were raised due to God's nature: he is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good. If this is the case, why doesn't he stop evil? And, since people are supposed to be created in God's image, why are they capable of moral evil? If one believes that God exists, there can only be one answer…evil exists because God allows it and moral evil exists because God has given us freedom of choice.

Evil has been looked at in many different ways throughout the years. Philosophers like Socrates and Plato believed evil was a matter of ignorance. Ancient Persians saw good and evil as two principles ENGAGED IN A PERPETUAL STRUGGLE. In reality, evil is merely the absence of good. The essence of all reality is good…evil is merely the faulty reflection of reality found in a world of particulars.