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Is fighting evil necessary and/or sufficient for being good.
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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3330845" data-attributes="member: 926"><p>Necessary but not sufficient. You can't really claim to be Good if you see a mugging or a murder happening but do nothing to help the victim, or witness a bully picking on someone and don't do anything to stop it. If you do nothing but feel bad about it later you're a normal person and Neutral. Neutral people help others based on personal relationships, Good people help anyone and everyone in need. </p><p></p><p>But then if all you ever do is stop random acts of Evil you happen to come across you aren't necessarily really Good ether. You have to actively work to help those in need and in trouble, and fight against Evil (fighting Evil doesn't need to mean going out and Killing Evil monsters/people, it means working to stop injustice, ending oppression and impoverishment and misery, and doing Good works like donating food and/or money to the needy.)</p><p></p><p>Remember, Good is caring for the well-being of others, which includes their mental as well as physical well-being. That is why I absolutely do not believe truly Good people can be consistently mean jerks, because it shows a total lack of regard for other peoples feelings, which is not Good at all (its selfish and Neutral if you just don't care about making others feel bad, and it's Evil if you actively take delight in inflicting misery on others.) </p><p></p><p>People who donate large portions of their income to charity are Good. People who worked in the Underground Railroad were Good. People who go to third world countries to help starving children are Good. Voluntary firefighters are Good. Those of us who sit at home and feel bad about people less fortunate than ourselves but do nothing to make a difference about it are Neutral, no matter how Good we would like to think we are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 3330845, member: 926"] Necessary but not sufficient. You can't really claim to be Good if you see a mugging or a murder happening but do nothing to help the victim, or witness a bully picking on someone and don't do anything to stop it. If you do nothing but feel bad about it later you're a normal person and Neutral. Neutral people help others based on personal relationships, Good people help anyone and everyone in need. But then if all you ever do is stop random acts of Evil you happen to come across you aren't necessarily really Good ether. You have to actively work to help those in need and in trouble, and fight against Evil (fighting Evil doesn't need to mean going out and Killing Evil monsters/people, it means working to stop injustice, ending oppression and impoverishment and misery, and doing Good works like donating food and/or money to the needy.) Remember, Good is caring for the well-being of others, which includes their mental as well as physical well-being. That is why I absolutely do not believe truly Good people can be consistently mean jerks, because it shows a total lack of regard for other peoples feelings, which is not Good at all (its selfish and Neutral if you just don't care about making others feel bad, and it's Evil if you actively take delight in inflicting misery on others.) People who donate large portions of their income to charity are Good. People who worked in the Underground Railroad were Good. People who go to third world countries to help starving children are Good. Voluntary firefighters are Good. Those of us who sit at home and feel bad about people less fortunate than ourselves but do nothing to make a difference about it are Neutral, no matter how Good we would like to think we are. [/QUOTE]
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