Who defines good and evil?

**Shana** · 08-14-2018, 05:59 PM

We take a look at a murder, and we say it's evil.
We take a look at the death penalty, and we say it's good.
But the act is the same in both-Murder!
How are we defining what is good and what is evil?
Who are we to take a man's life no matter how innocent or bad he/she is, and call it good or evil? Who defines it? Was it the society or is it our own mind?

**Bhavya** · 04-11-2019, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Shana

We take a look at a murder, and we say it's evil.
We take a look at the death penalty, and we say it's good.
But the act is the same in both-Murder!
How are we defining what is good and what is evil?
Who are we to take a man's life no matter how innocent or bad he/she is, and call it good or evil? Who defines it? Was it the society or is it our own mind?

Society defines good and evil for their own purposes and it made us believe in their theory. In fact, If we understand a person or a situation there is nothing as good and evil and everything make sense to us.