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Lord Alucard Ere Casanova
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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:06 pm
I recently watched an episode of Star Trek which had an interesting way of defining "good" and "evil" in a human. This doesn't so much classify the deeds as it does the personal traits. Good things can come from evil deeds and likewise the other way around.
Anyways, good was classified as everything positive. Kindness, love, compassion, etc. Evil was the opposite. Anger, hatred, aggression. Some might simplify it as the 9 sins; lust, envy, greed, gluttony, etc.
The interesting part of the show were certain details that went with it. The "good" version of the captain was capable of courage even leading to self-sacrifice, but seemingly unable to be decisive. The "evil" captain was terrified at the idea of self-sacrifice, but seemingly capable of being decisive. Logic and intellect seemed to be on the side of "good" as well while most survival skills were on the "evil" captain's side.
The conclusion was, after the two captains became one once more, that both sides are required to make a whole person. That we need a little evil, disciplined and controlled by good, in order to be complete. The captain was incapable of being a good captain with his courage and compassion in one person and his survival skills and decisiveness in another.
What is your opinion of this? Do you think some aspects of "good" and "evil" were misplaced? Do you think there is flaw in the theory that both are required in a "Yin Yang" relationship for a person to be whole?
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:21 pm
The way I understand good and evil, is that good is doing what's loving toward your fellow man and evil is it's opposite apathy and indifference to others.
I'll be a little dualist or rather quantified monistic here but the reason and emotions basically complement each other. Reason should be in the forefront since its through reason how we can derive what is true and keeps us from being deceived, but it is passion that motivates us and keeps us moving per se. Reason has it's place as the leader since our emotions can be deceived but emotions keep us in tune and connected to others. It's late. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense now XD.
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Lord Alucard Ere Casanova
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:21 am
That makes perfect sense to me, RMC.
I was thinking about this a couple days ago and realized something, but I was right in the middle of a boss fight in a game and forgot to write it down. Now I can't remember what exactly it was. I think it had something to do with how the evil captain experienced fear and the good captain showed courage in spite of the good captain lacking reason, or perhaps because of it. I'll post my thoughts more clearly when I remember what exactly it was I realized. I'm still waking up right now.
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