The fight against evil

A philosophy of well

Evil and freedom

Mercy, divine virtue itself is inseparable from justice . Henri Rondet

Understanding evil, without justifying it . In identifying the positive contributions without excuse . Here the philosophical mission of this chapter.

It is always very difficult for philosophy to confront the question of "evil." Difficult to address its "positive" contribution to human evolution. It takes time to see the transformation of an evil blessing . The time commented evil without too much pain to the victims or their descendants. This benevolent vision seems quite far from our nature.

The difficulty of just being

Individually it is always difficult to be just the face of evil . We can be a great tolerance towards the evils affecting foreigners. We can be high philosophy regarding transgressions away from our concerns. And we can be overloaded with intolerance of injustice or abuse, affecting us closely . Only a few people are capable of extreme compassion, able to express their love in all circumstances. The suffering caused by evil / natural revolt against the unspeakable / desire for revenge / ease of judging others / the inability to put in place of the fault / need for scapegoats, are always present in our society.

Trouble seeing the positive evil.

Speak of " positive sides " about evil, is also likely to hurt the victims. This can be misunderstood or associated with the superficial philosophy. One might think a lack of empathy, poor Darwinism, fundamentalism or morbid fascination for evil. We obviously are in any of these cases. We believe to give true meaning to the real we need to understand the nature of evil . To determine whether or not a human destiny is, we must dissect the meaning of his presence

From evil to good

A fight against fat

What you 're doing right and wrong, you do so at your Muhammad

Every action affects the following and can be the source of unexpected results. From there, any crime can lead unwittingly, a quantity of goods . Beyond the suffering and despair of the victims, great harm can produce great things. They can be the source of philosophical and legislative progress .

Most large locks are to be observed, after great pain . Restrictive laws often emerge after horrific crimes. They are needed to prevent them from reproducing. Finally, a heinous crime, after its devastation, may eventually make a profit therefore humanity.

The inevitability of change for the worst

The evolution worse, is obviously not a human choice . It is " inevitable ." If human beings were born with the current intelligence and choice, evolution would be different. If humanity had been invented its laws and morality before the onset of crimes, it would. But evolution could not take place as well . we needed previously, acquire cortex, an early awareness of reason and will . Then, with this material, the human race began its fight. Today, we expect the transition difficult to find the proper weapon to combat. In other words, we must continue to evolve by law .

How to anticipate the harm?

We have changed dramatically since our origins. Mankind has made tremendous progress. It has not so far reached perfection . For example, we are still unable to prevent rather than cure . In some disciplines, yet we have already acquired the means to anticipate the worst. Before sending men into space, a large proportion of accidents are considered. In the pharmaceutical industry, a drug is put into service after being sure of its harmlessness . Only these changes in advance is reserved for a few specialized areas of the industry * . They have not yet been extended to everyday life.

* Such as aerospace and pharmaceuticals

Crimes against humanity

The horror case

Over time, evil has often had to reach the top before challenge society . We had the worst experience to show the corresponding prohibited.

But it also happens that in trying to do good, our actions ultimately create more harm .

Marxism

Karl Marx, developing his philosophy was far from imagining its disastrous use the proletarian dictators. The German philosopher could not conceive morbid purpose of its concepts. A purpose far beyond its intentions and principles.

Nazism

In the opposite direction, Hitler and his accomplices, were far from imagining the results of their criminal folly . Never imagined that their murderous rage would end with their violent death and devastation of their country. Not only their cruelty has not destroyed the Jewish people or human groups they wanted out. But they were unaware that their genocide, generate the most formidable law to guard against such tyrants. A fundamental law to combat "crimes against humanity" . The most important law to protect the future of such monstrosities * .

* The first international crimes will be judged Nazi crimes. On 8 August 1945 London Agreement constitute the Nuremberg Tribunal and establish the concepts of crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Raising awareness

Unfortunately, the Human Right evolves primarily by law . He often had to go to reach the heights of horror * to make fundamental decisions .

* as was the case with the Holocaust,

And even the worst horrors fail to awaken man. This was the case for the atrocities committed during the First World War. The duty of memory is important

A decision quantity ordered during the war 14/18, already deserved to be regarded as a crime against humanity.

* The use of chemical weapons and mustard gas, the mass murder

However, no Western countries, the output of the first world war has taken such a decision * .

* However, Article 227 of the Treaty of Versailles provided the set up of an international tribunal to try Kaiser Wilhelm II " supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties ." This court has never seen day and forgetfulness is imposed .

Why ?

All governments involved in the "phoney war" took part in the crime * . All had used the same outrageous methods ( poison gas, etc unjust orders . ) ... Judging losers have also returned to judge the winners.

*8 million people and 6 million disabled

The Nazi horrors had the sad privilege of being unique.

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