Comments on: The Strangeness of Evil as a Force http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/ Wherein some things Tadhg are discussed Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tadhg http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/comment-page-1/#comment-6134 Tadhg Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:44:05 +0000 http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/#comment-6134 <p>Jesrad—I see where you're coming from but don't think that all evil comes from trying to do "good" forcefully. Plenty of it, I think most of it, comes from people acting selfishly (regardless of the veneer they may put on top of that) and overtly disregarding the desires/needs of others.</p> Jesrad—I see where you’re coming from but don’t think that all evil comes from trying to do “good” forcefully. Plenty of it, I think most of it, comes from people acting selfishly (regardless of the veneer they may put on top of that) and overtly disregarding the desires/needs of others.

]]> By: Jesrad http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/comment-page-1/#comment-4998 Jesrad Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:24:39 +0000 http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/#comment-4998 <p>All evil is, is really a corruption of good in a warped, self-contradictory way that fails to deliver. You can call it the Lie of Satan, or the Curse of Greyface, it simply grows out of too-much consideration for good itself. Everytime someone does someting evil what they're really doing is trying to achieve something deemed "good" too seriously - or forcefully. As pointed at by Niall and mentioned by Nietzsche, no one can really tell if that thing they tried to do really, truly was "good" or "evil", the verily-evil part of it is the forceful, compulsive side of it.</p> <p>Some say that's why Lucifer got tossed out along with some colleagues: they wanted to do good forcefully, not realising it'd be self-contradictory, and therefore self-defeating. Fnord.</p> All evil is, is really a corruption of good in a warped, self-contradictory way that fails to deliver. You can call it the Lie of Satan, or the Curse of Greyface, it simply grows out of too-much consideration for good itself. Everytime someone does someting evil what they’re really doing is trying to achieve something deemed “good” too seriously – or forcefully. As pointed at by Niall and mentioned by Nietzsche, no one can really tell if that thing they tried to do really, truly was “good” or “evil”, the verily-evil part of it is the forceful, compulsive side of it.

Some say that’s why Lucifer got tossed out along with some colleagues: they wanted to do good forcefully, not realising it’d be self-contradictory, and therefore self-defeating. Fnord.

]]> By: Niall O'Higgins http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/comment-page-1/#comment-4578 Niall O'Higgins Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:52:00 +0000 http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/#comment-4578 <p>Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" is a worthwhile read. "What a time experiences as evil is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as good - the atavism of a more ancient ideal". Etc.</p> Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil” is a worthwhile read. “What a time experiences as evil is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as good – the atavism of a more ancient ideal”. Etc.

]]> By: Lev http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/comment-page-1/#comment-4547 Lev Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:10:32 +0000 http://tadhg.com/wp/2007/07/26/the-strangeness-of-evil-as-a-force/#comment-4547 <p>I have a copy of Philip Zimbardo's book "The Lucifer Effect" staring at me from my music stand. It's been there for several months. A strange, external force prevents me reading.</p> I have a copy of Philip Zimbardo’s book “The Lucifer Effect” staring at me from my music stand. It’s been there for several months. A strange, external force prevents me reading.

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