I feel that each person is capable of completing good and evil actions, yet I do not think that there exists within our universe a stand alone pure good or pure evil. The logic here is that every action is viewed differently, therefore creating separate opinions.
An extreme example of this is the events that happened on September 11, 2011. (Before I delve into this topic let me make it clear that I am in every way possible opposed to these events and felt and incredible amount of grief for our country and all of the people affected.) American's recognize this day as one of the darkest hours in our 236 year history, paralleling Pearl Harbor. As the victims we will always refer to these as "acts of terror," but to the members of Al-Queda they aren't terrible at all. In fact, in their opinion they were heroic. It is easy for them to justify what happened, an obvious argument; just as it seems obvious to you and me that the acts were despicable and malicious. Depending on who you ask the events that happened some 11 years ago could be viewed as pure good or pure evil. Since the opinions vary, the actions cant be clearly defined as good or evil.
Situations like these are what cause me to come to the conclusion that good and evil, while things that occur frequently, cannot be associated to every action without any conflict in defining what category it falls under.
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