good and evil and the subjective nature of significance. assignment 3 zachary langdon

I’m afraid my inner philosopher may have to come out in full force for this entry. I try to never deal in absolutes, and thorough analysis of the nature of good and evil requires no less than to submerge myself fully into the foggy gray reality of our world. I cannot deny the existence of absolute good and evil as I do not claim to be omniscient. However, I find it unlikely that they would exist due to the subjective nature of good and evil. This can be seen with the differences between cultures on earth, as one might see industrialization as good because of the progress it enables and another might see it as evil because of the personal stress and environmental harm it produces. These definitions have even changed over time (see homosexuality, seizers, and left-handedness among others). this level of ambiguity without even delving into what other extraterrestrial life forms’ moral code would classify as good and evil.Ultimately I find reason to believe that all meaning is created as I find no evidence for objective significance (meaning that does not require perception). Life forms, currently the only things we know to have the potential capacity to perceive, thusly define individually what is good and bad. This individuality of perception makes absolute definitions of nearly any quality, especially good and evil, essentially impossible. Cultural consensuses can be met, but they are still not universal, just widely held.  This subjectivity prevents any other conclusive discussion about good and evil from reaching a truly universal consensus even if a whole galaxy were to improbably find themselves in total agreement as we will very likely never leave the milky way let alone our universe if the multiverse theory is to be taken as accurate. This subjectiveness coupled with the apathetic nature of the universe means good and evil will almost always occur, to eliminate evil would require god-like control AND universal agreement to what evil is, and I see both and highly unlikely to occur.