Good, Evil, and Conscience

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Emotion, when woven into the minds of humans, is the groundwork for the deadliest of weapons, and for the most righteous of actions. Malo, übel, malus, kwaad, diabolique, and evil, are all words to represent the symbolic extreme associated with the most destructive of human emotions, and its polar opposite, referred to as bueno, bon, gut, goed, bonus, and good (among others), constitutes the emotion to which all things benevolent are derived. …

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…are judged. Without it, humans would be without purpose, and thus governments and societies would crumble into anarchy. Without it, there would be no need for religions, and no need for worship, because these things are based on the premise that good is rewarded and evil is punished. We need these symbolic extremes of emotion to keep our world in one piece, and therefore, we shall never be parted lest we lose reason and intention.