What We Mean By Good and Evil, Right, and Wrong

<p>Epicurus posited that if there is an all powerful God, then He must be able to eliminate suffering and evil, but He does not care to do so.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy/article/abs/humes-fundamental-problem-of-evil/272CF8417080AFDFE8DA088C92E0EAF3" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">David Hume&nbsp;</a>later popularized this notion, too. How can we reconcile the existence of God (or Good) in a world of where evil flourishes?</p> <p>In ecopsychology, we see the problem framed differently. All life systems contribute in one way or another to the flourishing of other life systems. From tiniest cells to circling solar systems, we all exist with shared &ldquo;good&rdquo; and &ldquo;evil.&rdquo; This is more along the lines of Spinoza&rsquo;s philosophy which saw all as one, all substance, all&nbsp;<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza-modal/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">modes,</a>&nbsp;and all matter are of one existence and that existence is necessarily the only one there is.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/what-we-mean-by-good-and-evil-right-and-wrong-122ab677904e"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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