Re: Nature of humans
Thats why the Taliban are criminals and their actions unIslamic.
My point was that good and evil are simply labels which we ourselves put on things. No one considers themselves to be evil, and in fact, no one is evil. Acts can have consequences that can define them as evil, but I dont think anyone ever has evil intent. Aside from sociopaths, just about everyone, tries to justify their actions to make them appear wholesome. The very fact that they try to justify their actions means that on some level, there is good in them, striving to do good. The Taliban as an example. I think they are deluded and deranged, but I dont believe they are evil. They do what they do because they believe their cause is just. So their actions may be labeled as evil, their means may be labeled as evil, but their intent ultimately is to produce a society that, at least in their minds, is just and good.
Even Hitler, for all his crimes, still wanted what was best for his own people, even if at the expense of others. He was demented, not evil.
Actions can be labeled as evil, but the intent of the individual is never to do evil, even though its the result.