Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-26322120-20170909020120/@comment-31507215-20170927042017

Catfishperson wrote:

S&#039;moregoth wrote: I can't imagine that he's evil. (I can literally, but you get what I mean.) The main reason for my thinking so is that he is really happy - no one truly evil can ever be truly happy. We might have to take this off thread (which I would be fine with), but I disagree. "Evil" is objective. We call people evil when they attempt evil "things." I can't see any reason why a person would attempt something evil unless (they at least perceived that) it would make them happier. If a person robs a bank (something we would call them evil for,) it is because they (at least perceive) will be happier personally as a result. That is a good point, but I think to discuss this further we would probably have to get into philosophical type stuff (and who wants to do that?). In short, my view on "evil" is that, while the person committing the crime (using your example) thinks they are getting something to make them happy, it doesn't actually make them happy, or at least not the same "happy" that Tom Bombadil is. I won't continue, 'cause then we will get into stuff like "true happiness" and "inner peace", yada, yada, yada, which can be nice to discuss with friends, but not over a wiki chat. :)