can't say that I believe in good or evil because life seems too much like a continuity of gray areas, some areas deeper gray and others lighter, but nothing purely black or white. to decide that something is good or bad is a human construct, after all.
funny if you consider a dog. dogs have been our friends and companions for millennia and strive to please us and make us happy. if you yawn at your dog, your dog will yawn back and our expressions are mirrored on their furry faces... the lives and minds of dogs are intertwined with the lives of humans. we have an indoor dog, since we live in the city and many people do have indoor dogs, I was raised, however, with outdoor dogs who worked on the farm the same as any other member of the family. it's funny that an indoor dog knows that they are "bad dogs" when they do something perfectly natural to a dog... something that an outdoor dog wouldn't think twice about, but since they are an indoor dog conditioned by their masters they feel bad... they feel shame.
I think that in a way humanity is kind of like dogs... we've been living in this society with these rules for long enough that they've become a part of us... things that we otherwise might not have felt were bad are suddenly causes for shame or sorrow. if we don't feel those emotions there must be something wrong with us... we are the ones who are in the wrong.
I've made decisions and done things that are apparently wrong at quite a few different points in my life and will most likely continue to do so... I didn't see them as wrong and I still don't. That's something that humans do... we fuck up. occasionally, when forced, I'll at least try and look sorry for things, but that's because otherwise you aren't a part of society... in medieval times you'd probably be outlawed for not being a part of the social order. others apologize or look suitably sorry and I wonder sometimes whether they actually feel sorry or are just going through the motions because they're expected to do so.
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absence of love is indifference