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Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas  we apply meaning to the world, and to have a meaning 'good' to apply to something requires that we have a meaning 'evil' to also apply to something. |
I just can't see any logic in this argument. Good and evil are not opposites on the same spectrum. They are entirely independent ideas, they are defined separately, they are conceived separately, and they are experienced separately.
For something to be "less evil" does NOT mean that it's "more good." For instance, fewer people died in the Rwandan genocide than died in the Holocaust. That doesn't make the Rwandan genocide
better than the Holocaust! That would be absurd. Neither was good, both were evil, one was worse.
Similarly, if I save a person from a burning car, that's not more evil than saving 2 people from a burning car. It's just less good.
The opposite of good is neutrality. The opposite of evil is neutrality.