Friday, March 25, 2011

Evil and Others

What is Evil? Professor Mark Thorsby presented an intriguing topic on Evil and how we preceive it. Mark feels that values on what is evil are circumstantial. There was much discussion on inter-subjective communities. In an argument, each side feels that his point of view is "good" and the other side's view is "bad". The question as to whether or not something is wrong, seriously wrong, or evil is not a matter of diminishment of being or reality, it is a matter of negation of inter-subjective community and the transgression of those dispositional norms an adopted perspective assumes. Mark's presentation is below.....he ask that you forgive the spelling errors.....he typed it following a sleepless night dealing with his son.
Presentation - Click Here
You might also seek out writings by David Hume, Bertrand Russell, and Bernard Williams.