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thebosstrevor1:


Evil is when you burn down police stations and roast alive police men all because you didn't get justice, that is barbaric

That was an extreme case scenario buddy... Just thinking about what u have written has sent some cold chill down my spine

Hmmm that is wrong. Evil is evil

Never justify evil

capital yes
especially maiming idiots like

BlackPantherxXx, Kingofgods Winnerly sulele04 etc

You guys are all just blowing grammar.

Evil can't be justified.

Self-defense isn't evil.

Same act of killing is either evil or self-defense, depending on the circumstances. Once it's in the direction of evil then it can't be justified

Simply logic na. I don't see any argument here.

justify or not you will pay for your evil

Righteousness2:
[s]No Matter who does evil in anyguise! It is Evil! There is no justification to do evil[/s].

trash. see you in hell soon

As long as you have called it evil, any justification of evil, is itself evil and a furtherance of evil.

Y'all should understand that not everything that is bad is evil, some things are just not good morally wise...
And morality is relative.

So... my question is
What is evil?

Dtruthspeaker:


I bet you never heard this Word before,
"Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked" Exodus 23:7

Justification of an Act does not come from man, IT COMES FROM GOD.

AND WOULD NEVER EVER JUSTIFY ANY EVIL, which is why we all see that no matter how people have tried, it is impossible for evil to be justified.

Also, you are talking about "guilty mind" alias "mens rea" which refers to intention/motive, all of which have their respective places in grounding the guilt of an Accused or exculpating him, hence you are talking Criminal Law.

Only God that can determine what is evil. I believe that is the reason God does not allow human to pass judgement. In some cases to human,we can determine evil but not in all cases. What seems evil to us may not be evil,hence it may be called justification of evil to human but not God who sees differently.
Above all,God cannot justify evil.

Opeyemiextra:
I had a discussion with someone recently and he was of the opinion that we can and should sometimes justify some bad behaviors as just our nature and evil as a form of defence.

According to him, some bad things can be justified especially when it's for one's defence.
I understand all humans have the capacity to commit evil given the right circumstances and evil people aren’t always evil in isolation but as a result of their circumstances.

But regardless, should we justify them?

Make I help drive this your thinking and topic forward small with this small example.

When a student committed some wrongdoings and you decided to use corporal punishment.

Do you see it as an evil in a way to child or just ordinary punishment to the student?

Judge: Man, what was his crime?

Plaintiff: My Lord, he committed murder.

Judge: Who did he kill?

Plaintiff: A president

Judge: What!! (expressing shock)

Defendant: my lord, iiiii.......am am am am.... So so so

Judge: common keep quiet!

Judge: What is the president's name?

Plaintiff: Buha.....

Judge: mtcheewww! Is it Buhari?

Plaintiff: yes my Lord.

Judge: discharge that young man, he has done a noble task.

The intention of EVIL has to be considered.... else, I'll call it 'Deliberate Wrongdoing'... and somehow, it comes back to bite you.

Our actions as relative. There is no exclusively good did or evil did. What you term evil might be good and beneficial to another. And sometimes, your intention no matter how noble, the result is evil towards some. that is why actions and results are judged, not the intention. Evils are not necessarily a bad thing neither is good necessarily a beneficiary thing.

Ends justify the means.
If you can't beat them,it is better you join them.
Two wrongs do not make right.


It depends on circumstances and type of evil you re talking of.

Any thing partaining to murder, abortion, thievery and robbery is no no, no mather the situations.

Your questions is a conceptual contradiction.
Evil is only Evil if the intention is evil.

Divoc19:
Never justify evil

Na perspective and perception of what evil really is.

This topic reminds me of my years in the University studying Philosophy. We treated such hypothetical questions under the field of Ethics.

Some topics the were Situation Ethics, Utilitarian Ethics. They always try to justify every action wether good or bad on the basis of that which facilities and enhances the greater good for the greater masses depending on the situation.

Good old days.

simple white witch and black witch.

Rick9:
This topic reminds me of my years in the University studying Philosophy. We treated such hypothetical questions under the field of Ethics.

Some topics the were Situation Ethics, Utilitarian Ethics. They always try to justify every action wether good or bad on the basis of that which facilities and enhances the greater good for the greater masses depending on the situation.



Good old days.

Studied philosophy too

Immanuel Kant has a lot to say in this area lol

No never.

Na wah oo...let judge this matter....let say there was a case of emergency at asorock Abuja,..u were there on a visit to see one of the top men cus the company u work has folded due to the harsh policy of this government and they don't give a damn about it..u either die there or look another way for urself..suddenly u came across buhari during the emergency,every one was running here and there due to the panic and pandemium,u saw a riffle on one of the police man lieing dead on the floor and u pick it and took a shot on buhari why running..does it justify the evil on it??...

Attain from all evil

Favfables1:



I agree with him...
Some supposed "evil" can be deemed "acceptable" depending on the circumstance...

Take for instance, we're told that killing a person in cold blood is bad, buh let's assume you were kidnapped and by some stroke of luck, your kidnappers forgot to lock the door, you courageously took the risk and peeped through the door, thinking of a way to escape... The sight that greets you from where you're peeping through is one of your kidnappers fast asleep on the chair, with his/her gun on the floor... Once again you summoned the courage and reach for his/her gun, hoping to use it as leverage to find your way out of their den, and just as youre about to leave after picking the gun, he/she wakes up and blocks the door...

You have two options, shoot him)her and escape or waste your time negotiating with him/her until his/her reenforcement arrives...

What would you do??

Mo ma pa Werey danu ni straight up( I’ll kill the kidnapper straight up) at that particular time, there’s nothing as good or bad anymore the only thing that kicks in is the survival instinct

There is what they call a necessary evil

Valid discussions

https://gist.am/question/should-evil-be-justified-regardless-of-the-intention

Favfables1:


Did you actually take time to read and understand what I wrote before commenting? ((No offense))

I'm not justifying evil madam...
I'm saying that, an act in itself can be termed "good" or "evil" depending on the circumstance surrounding it...

Lemme use the instances you sited up there...

1. You kill a person in cold blood ((it's bad))

2. You kill a person to save yourself ((that's self-defense, and that's awk))

In both instances, you killed a person...
((Which I'm sure you have been told in church and by adults that it's bad, right??))

Buh in one case, it's "deemed" as an evil act and frowned upon ((cold blood murder)), buh in another case, you probably will be commended for it ((self-defense)) ...

Thus one can say, that an act termed "evil" is circumstantial ((dependent on circumstance))

I hope you get now??
And just before you come on my mention, please read it slowly this time...

The question of this thread is if evil should be justified and not if "evil is circumstantial".

@bold
There is nothing to get here. You stated the obvious. Everyone knows that killing in self-defense will be judged differently in court than killing for pleasure or because of greed. The latter should not be justified to bring you back to the question of this thread.

Its just as simple as this nothing is good or bad but our thinking makes it so

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