Single Idea 23088

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil]

Full Idea

There is no more reason to think of evil as deviation from the good than there is to think of the good as deviation from evil.

Gist of Idea

Evil is not deviation from the good, any more than good is a deviation from evil

Source

John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 02.2)

Book Reference

Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.29


A Reaction

This is a political moderate right winger defending the concept of evil as a basic and inescapable component of existence, in contrast to liberals who tend to deny 'pure evil'.