Quotes like this are why I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand. She had plenty of good ideas but does not seem to have had anything resembling a healthy moral compass. She seems to have promoted freedom, which is good, but for purely selfish reasons.
It is essential to separate what might constitute evil thought, and what are clearly evil action: actions that infringe on the inalienable rights of others.
An argument can absolutely be made for "no such thing as an evil thought". An argument can be made that there are evil thoughts, such as thoughts that would lead only to evil action, with no other possible benefit. But that is a debate. It is not something that is immediately evident.
Thoughts are not actions. I hope a person is never convicted on thought, nor discriminated against for having a thought someone else might think is evil. We should only be judged on our actions.
Even the idea of "evil" can be harmful and is self-righteous. Any action should be judged as to whether or not it has crossed a line that should not be crossed for the good of another or society as a whole. I assert no action (or at least no person) should be called evil. Once someone is "evil" they are beyond help in the eyes of anyone who would call them such.
Actions must be punished, for the good of society and the good of the perpetrator, but we can also have compassion for the bad actor. If they are allowed to continue to exist at all (depending on the crime) then teaching them alternate behavior, and the reasons for such behavior should be what we do. Simply removing them from society and placing them in a decidedly harmful one is imo the greater evil act. I have no doubt our prison system was designed by the Luciferians.
Death, because it is determined they can't be saved, or genuine rehabilitation are the only solutions to "evil" acts which infringe on others rights imo.
Quotes like this are why I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand. She had plenty of good ideas but does not seem to have had anything resembling a healthy moral compass. She seems to have promoted freedom, which is good, but for purely selfish reasons.
It is essential to separate what might constitute evil thought, and what are clearly evil action: actions that infringe on the inalienable rights of others.
An argument can absolutely be made for "no such thing as an evil thought". An argument can be made that there are evil thoughts, such as thoughts that would lead only to evil action, with no other possible benefit. But that is a debate. It is not something that is immediately evident.
Thoughts are not actions. I hope a person is never convicted on thought, nor discriminated against for having a thought someone else might think is evil. We should only be judged on our actions.
Even the idea of "evil" can be harmful and is self-righteous. Any action should be judged as to whether or not it has crossed a line that should not be crossed for the good of another or society as a whole. I assert no action (or at least no person) should be called evil. Once someone is "evil" they are beyond help in the eyes of anyone who would call them such.
Actions must be punished, for the good of society and the good of the perpetrator, but we can also have compassion for the bad actor. If they are allowed to continue to exist at all (depending on the crime) then teaching them alternate behavior, and the reasons for such behavior should be what we do. Simply removing them from society and placing them in a decidedly harmful one is imo the greater evil act. I have no doubt our prison system was designed by the Luciferians.
Death, because it is determined they can't be saved, or genuine rehabilitation are the only solutions to "evil" acts which infringe on others rights imo.
What is wrong with this quote?
Something about throwing out the baby with the bathwater...
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**'Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good' ** But at least what FREEDOM is left allows us this choice, CHOOSE WISELY.
She was a great misanthrope, she hated the rest of us as stupid, she couldn't stand anyone who exhibited the slightest bit of stupidity.
Well.. have you seen the left?