tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post7874236012804074996..comments2023-12-28T12:19:49.596-05:00Comments on Backstage w/Supak: organic, progressive, environmentalist: When People Do Things: The Ethics of ActionsScott Supakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-56591510196078779442009-02-05T13:59:00.000-05:002009-02-05T13:59:00.000-05:00I think you are right on both counts. “Good” is a ...I think you are right on both counts. “Good” is a judgment, purely subjective, and often used in religion in spite of the admonition to “judge not”. We are who we are or as Popeye would say, “I yam what I yam.” It is up each of us individually to figure out who we are. That’s the crux of my most recent book. It may be that religion and much more of our education leads us away from that effort. It takes some free mind space such as I get when gardening to wander around in one’s mind looking for one’s self.Morthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216972050112626988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-73046555702645078932009-02-04T14:27:00.000-05:002009-02-04T14:27:00.000-05:00I tend to agree... The idea of classifying people ...I tend to agree... The idea of classifying people as evil seems inherently religious. The idea of saying that sometimes people do evil things certainly seems more secular.<BR/><BR/>But perhaps calling someone "good" is also inherently religious? Are people really one thing or another? Aren't we more a conglomeration of all things, good and bad, that can be strongly influenced by circumstances.Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-14119999039850514902009-02-04T11:45:00.000-05:002009-02-04T11:45:00.000-05:00I think your logic is correct though it makes my h...I think your logic is correct though it makes my head hurt.<BR/><BR/>Weimberg’s premise, which you deconstruct, is, I believe, wrong to begin with. I’m not at all sure there are good and bad people, just people going through their lives doing whatever some of which will be judged by some to be bad and some of which will be judged good. The only important judge, however, is the doer.<BR/><BR/>Weinberg’s point that for good people to do evil things there must be religion can be supported if for no other reason than it is religions that come up with the notion of evil.<BR/>MortMorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216972050112626988noreply@blogger.com