I fear not. We may hope to see everything as good, positive, beautiful or whatever the “good” is in anything, there must exist the opposite, corresponding or dependence upon the other in order to offer contrast to both. This is the balance that holds everything to together. Literature professor Joseph Campbell spoke of it often in his documentaries, referring to this concept as the duality in all things. Taoist philosophy of yin and yang, sees this polarization as part of the birth of creation itself. Without the contrast we cannot ask the question of how “good” or how “evil” someone or something is, as these concepts are not absolute and are almost always determined in relation to time and circumstances.
A soldier may be good for their particular country, but evil to the enemy. A child may see their parent(s) as evil because they took their electronics away for whatever reason, when the parent was trying to be a good influence. Natural disasters may kill off human, animal, and plant life. Would we consider nature evil? The sun brings us life on so many levels. Too much sun can bring other issues of cancer, drought, and other climatic imbalances. So, is the sun good or bad? All things are relative and connected to one another in various amounts, shades, and levels. Without this contrast, neither good nor evil can exist.
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