Why is there both good and evil in the world?

Most philosophers believe it is so that the universe is balanced and stuff but I don%26#039;t really understand why the world should be. Why can%26#039;t everything be good? I can understand that evilness overriding goodness is bad but still.. anyone know what I mean?
Why is there both good and evil in the world?
What I think is that. Evil is there to be destroyed by good. AND yes there are Good and Evil in this world. But what we must do is imbibe the good and throw away Evil.
Why is there both good and evil in the world?
First of all good and evil are subjective terms. Secondly, it%26#039;s impossible for anything to exist without a compliment or opposite. Things have being and character by having something to contrast with. You wouldn%26#039;t know what %26quot;good%26quot; felt like to you if there wasn%26#039;t %26quot;evil%26quot;.
Reply:Everything has its opposite.
Reply:You can%26#039;t be good if their is no evil.
Reply:In my experience (quite a lot), most philsophers don%26#039;t even believe in objective %26#039;good and evil%26#039;, let alone that they are somehow %26#039;balanced%26#039;. I defy anyone to look at the holocaust and tell me that there is any good to balance that evil (evil here being used in a totally subjective and emotive sense).
Reply:Yes there is but I would say more evil is out there than good. If I%26#039;m not seeing it in the news about kidnapped children, rapes, murders, carjackings, race riots, or violent Islam protesters I step out my door only to encounter road rage or someone telling someone else how they%26#039;re going to kill them.
Reply:if there were no evil...there would be no good. if there were no good, there would be no evil.
Reply:Good and evil are in the world. good will override the evil.
Reply:Perhaps we need evil and negativity to help us realise that positivity and good exist. Otherwise everything would merge into a banal world in which nobody could distinguish between differing emotions.
Reply:you want to know the truth? theres no such thing as good and evil, man just classified them like whats black and whats white. they are extremes, and they are at both ends. only thing you need to know is %26quot;it is what it is%26quot;





good and evil is just a feeble attempt of our minds to understand the world.
Reply:It is the universal question isn%26#039;t it. People have been pondering that question since Pandora raised the lid. Right up there with asking, %26#039;why%26#039;?


Eons of written history, legends and myths, and the bible itself are full of stories about good and evil, and the fact that to appreciate one, you must endure the other. Why? Maybe,


If things were %26#039;perfect%26#039;, we might become complacent sheep, wandering through life, not appreciating natural or manmade beauty (the arts). We would not be able to solve conflicts or problems, we would lose our creative thinking skills, because they would never have been put to the test. While hardships can be completely horrible, sometimes devastating...they can be overcome with perserverance, faith and hard work.


If you didn%26#039;t suffer ice and sleet and snow, you would never appreciate the summer sun. Likewise, if you have never baked in unrelenting heat, you would not be able to fully appreciate the simple sweetness of a soft cool breeze. Sometimes, a little suffering is good for the soul, perhaps this is why we need %26quot;the balance of good and evil%26#039;. Just a thought.
Reply:One word - RELATIVITY. Everything in life is relative, if everything was good, then it simply wouldn%26#039;t be good, it would be normal. And things simply don%26#039;t exist in one dimensions, evil is one dimension and good is another dimension. One could not exist without the other.
Reply:i think that only i can answer u correctly because i felt the way u did.. and now i%26quot;ve found the answer..


If u look around closer u will see that evil things bring happiness and good things.. and evil is borned by good matters...


lets see..i will show u a little practical example... for instance..there are two best friends.. one of them was fat but now she lost weight and looks better and seems more beautiful to others..and now she gets compliments from everyone..this is really nice don%26#039;t u think so?? from now on she%26#039;s more happier and good things happens to her but the fact that this ex-fat girl is now thiner and everyone makes complimets to her,her best friend will have evil feelings..like she will be jealous..even if she won%26#039;t say that she will feel that she is veeery jealous of her....


this is really normal u know.. i think u get what i mean... didn%26#039;t u ever felt that ur kind things or ur beauty or ur happiness made ur friend jealous??.. this is the answer- One thing is a mother of its own opposite...
Reply:Good and Evil must balance. Yup.





Too much Good, Good will turn corrupt. dirty, ugly and bad.


Too much Evil, Evil will turn good.
Reply:evil and suffering are soul-making. How can you be compassionate, kind or courageous if there is no evil?


Or is evil soul-deciding? If God exists, (which i personally don%26#039;t believe) then there must be some suffering and evil in the world as a test to distinguish which people are good and loyal, and which are not.
Reply:There is no such thing as good and evil. It is just how your mind organizes experiences and events, into one folder or the other. There is no objective understanding of these two words. If we look at each moment with awareness and without words, we will see that everything is perfect just as it is and nothing can be changed because nothing needs to be changed.
Reply:There is no evil - there is just bad. What is bad in your culture could be a virtue in another.