The opposite of evil
When we think about the animal kingdom, we can see that it does not have any evil in it
– everything animals do is driven by instincts and learned behavior. But in humans we
see something called radical evil, where evil is its own purpose. What could be in
opposition to evil? The usual answer to this question is that good is the opposite of evil.
But good itself raises many new questions. Is good comprised of rules, which is the
case with morality, or does it vary depending on the situation? Either way, it seems that
these two forces cannot be separated. If we did not have the idea of what is evil, we
would not have the idea of what is good.

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Nasuprot zlu
Kada razmišljamo o životinjskom carstvu, možemo vidjeti da ono nema nikakvog zla –
sve što životinje rade je vođeno instinktima i naučenim ponašanjem. Ali kod ljudi vidimo
nešto što se zove radikalno zlo, gdje je zlo sopstvena svrha. Šta bi moglo biti suprotno
zlu? Uobičajeni odgovor na ovo pitanje je da je dobro suprotno od zla. Ali dobro samo
po sebi postavlja mnoga nova pitanja. Da li se dobro sastoji od pravila, što je slučaj sa
moralom, ili se razlikuje u zavisnosti od situacije? Bilo kako bilo, čini se da se ove dvije
sile ne mogu razdvojiti. Da nemamo predstavu o tome šta je zlo, ne bismo imali
predstavu o tome šta je dobro.