To: SeekAndFind
I gather from your response then that the answer is YES -- Nazis, if they could successfully do what they do are NOT intrinsically evil, just different. Who judges what is considered intrinsically evil? You would say it is a divine being, but that explanation doesn't work for me since I don't believe in such beings. So, yes, if Nazis conquered the world and spent several generations brainwashing the rest of us, they could define what is and isn't intrinsically evil.
To: Blackacre
Who judges what is considered intrinsically evil? You would say it is a divine being, but that explanation doesn't work for me since I don't believe in such beings.
OK, it does not work for you and you don't believe in God. Fine. As long as you agree that with this stance, there really is no "good" or "evil", just personal preferences, I have no further arguments with you.
You are simply different from Osama Bin Ladin, not superior or inferior morally.
To: Blackacre
So, yes, if Nazis conquered the world and spent several generations brainwashing the rest of us, they could define what is and isn't intrinsically evil.
Take the word -- intrinsic -- out of the above statement and that would be a coherent statement. With your worldview, good and evil are what people define it to be. The people who have the strongest weapons DEFINE and IMPOSE what is good or evil.
Everything is relative. NO ACT is good or evil in itself.
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