24th May 2005, 2:47 PM
Wow... huge question.
1.) Defining evil; The dictionary wont give you an understanding, it simply says that causing harm is evil. But evil really is to do wrong when you know it's wrong. Our greatest heros, our saviors and our beloved icons are all people who have done wrong in the hopes of creating something good, when it's the laws themselves that are formed from evil.
2.) No gene has been found to contain information that dictates morals or dicision making.
3.) The act of commiting a wrong in the pursuit of causing harm in some way to another without remorse and with only the benefit of creating said harm cannot be transfered through genetics but instead is instilled through memory and more importantly upbringing.
If evil could transfer or carry on, then it would work in opposite as well. A good natured person would inherently bare goood natured children, but this isn't the case at all.
That good natured person you see now has had life experience that created him/her to that point, so until that child has similar life experiences he or she cannot carry that same judgement, hence the entire learning process that has some major catagories. In the simplified catagories below, it is usually noted that the perception of morals and what is right or wrong, is usually grounded in 'B' as ideals and is then expanded upon (experimented with) in 'C')
A - Birth to 3 years, important pleasure affirmation (oral), guidance of instinct and the core connections of child to adult which will carry on in the rest of their lives, even after becoming an adult.
B - 4 to 8 years, pleasure affirmation expands to anal centric control during deffication (the ability to control your anus) while still relying on oral pleasure from food to kissing. Important emotional bindings and understandings are formed, boundries are experimented with and the first foundation of learning to cope with any given situation is formed. This is also the time where the child's personality is manufactured through blatent and surface-oriented life experiences, as per the depth of the child's ability to understand them. For example, an ubringing during this time where a child is punished for un-clear reasons (to the child) causes the child to become more secretive, and will create a more ego-centric adult, more inclined to disobey authority. It should also be noted by age 6, the pleasure zones are again expanded upon through the genitals, from the age 6 on out, the genitals become the most centric part of our percieved understanding of physical pleasure.
C - 9 to 25, the mind formed to it's full potential will now use what it has as a basis to create more depth in character and self-awareness. Most 12 year olds will be focused on how others view them without even wondering about who they are first (a lack of confidence in their surroundings and/or social structure), this mentality leads to failures in relationships and failures to communicate to any level of depth which in turn causes the person to later focus on themselves as they enter their teen years; going out of their way to become iconically (and easily) percieved as important and as an individual (which is commonly misjudged to be to a good trait). Depending on the level of depth the person has, the paths that branch from this vary to extremes. Some people may never leave the stage of putting other people's perceptions of themselves above their own (or their family's) which of course alienates themselves from everyone around them. In others, they could find a path that takes them in a direction that will lead them to a perspective on life in whole or part that will be healthier with more planning and an emphasis on judgement and guidance (to seek and ultimately to give).
D - The grey area, here's where everything gets thrown out the window. Entire lifestyles, perceptions, boundries, guidelines, anything that is formulated or crafted as a general 'rule' is bent. As the person gets older they experiment on a deeper level, testing their limitations. Unfortunately, by ages somewhere around the 60's, this is shut down and the person is ready to settle with a grounded singular perception. Their 'growing' complete (for the most part); They spend the rest of their lives knowing exactly who they are and are more inclined to enjoying and exploiting life rather than try to understand it or manipulate it.
I have no idea what you're up to LL, but I hope I helped a little. :)
1.) Defining evil; The dictionary wont give you an understanding, it simply says that causing harm is evil. But evil really is to do wrong when you know it's wrong. Our greatest heros, our saviors and our beloved icons are all people who have done wrong in the hopes of creating something good, when it's the laws themselves that are formed from evil.
2.) No gene has been found to contain information that dictates morals or dicision making.
3.) The act of commiting a wrong in the pursuit of causing harm in some way to another without remorse and with only the benefit of creating said harm cannot be transfered through genetics but instead is instilled through memory and more importantly upbringing.
If evil could transfer or carry on, then it would work in opposite as well. A good natured person would inherently bare goood natured children, but this isn't the case at all.
That good natured person you see now has had life experience that created him/her to that point, so until that child has similar life experiences he or she cannot carry that same judgement, hence the entire learning process that has some major catagories. In the simplified catagories below, it is usually noted that the perception of morals and what is right or wrong, is usually grounded in 'B' as ideals and is then expanded upon (experimented with) in 'C')
A - Birth to 3 years, important pleasure affirmation (oral), guidance of instinct and the core connections of child to adult which will carry on in the rest of their lives, even after becoming an adult.
B - 4 to 8 years, pleasure affirmation expands to anal centric control during deffication (the ability to control your anus) while still relying on oral pleasure from food to kissing. Important emotional bindings and understandings are formed, boundries are experimented with and the first foundation of learning to cope with any given situation is formed. This is also the time where the child's personality is manufactured through blatent and surface-oriented life experiences, as per the depth of the child's ability to understand them. For example, an ubringing during this time where a child is punished for un-clear reasons (to the child) causes the child to become more secretive, and will create a more ego-centric adult, more inclined to disobey authority. It should also be noted by age 6, the pleasure zones are again expanded upon through the genitals, from the age 6 on out, the genitals become the most centric part of our percieved understanding of physical pleasure.
C - 9 to 25, the mind formed to it's full potential will now use what it has as a basis to create more depth in character and self-awareness. Most 12 year olds will be focused on how others view them without even wondering about who they are first (a lack of confidence in their surroundings and/or social structure), this mentality leads to failures in relationships and failures to communicate to any level of depth which in turn causes the person to later focus on themselves as they enter their teen years; going out of their way to become iconically (and easily) percieved as important and as an individual (which is commonly misjudged to be to a good trait). Depending on the level of depth the person has, the paths that branch from this vary to extremes. Some people may never leave the stage of putting other people's perceptions of themselves above their own (or their family's) which of course alienates themselves from everyone around them. In others, they could find a path that takes them in a direction that will lead them to a perspective on life in whole or part that will be healthier with more planning and an emphasis on judgement and guidance (to seek and ultimately to give).
D - The grey area, here's where everything gets thrown out the window. Entire lifestyles, perceptions, boundries, guidelines, anything that is formulated or crafted as a general 'rule' is bent. As the person gets older they experiment on a deeper level, testing their limitations. Unfortunately, by ages somewhere around the 60's, this is shut down and the person is ready to settle with a grounded singular perception. Their 'growing' complete (for the most part); They spend the rest of their lives knowing exactly who they are and are more inclined to enjoying and exploiting life rather than try to understand it or manipulate it.
I have no idea what you're up to LL, but I hope I helped a little. :)