“Good cannot exist without evil—they're two sides of the same coin”
Agree
- Concepts only have meaning through contrast
- No appreciation for joy without suffering
- Morality requires choice between options
- Every culture defines good via its opposite
- Light needs darkness to be visible
Disagree
- Good can be understood intrinsically
- Evil is just absence of good
- We'd recognize kindness without cruelty
- This justifies tolerating evil
- Degrees of good exist without evil
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