Evil

Since we have been talking about evil so much in class, it makes me think that if God is so "great" then why does he create killers, rapers, and child molesters? i understand that we build our character from making mistakes, and creating evil. But, do killers, rapers and child molesters really build a good character from what they love to do? I don't think so. I just dont understand why God would create such evil in the world. Phillips says that with all good comes an evil, but why does the eveil have to be so harsh? Its understandable that everyone makes mistakes or "creates" evil but being a killer is taking the "making mistakes" to an extreme. The world would actually be an enjoyable place if there was no evil but we know that wont happen anytime soon. There will always be sins, and evil

The crime rate in America has gone up in the past years, however, not as drastic as crime due to schizophrenia. Many people who are being tried or have been tried in a criminal setting have used this as an out, in order to escape harsher punishment. Under no circumstance should you be given any special treatment or be tried any differently if you use this excuse. If anything, you should be tried even harder. Due to the many medical advances and the new medicines doctors have come up with, there are many ways to cope and treat this disorder/disease. If people commit a crime and decide later that they dont want to do it, then they usually use an excuse that they have mental problems and thats why they do it. and a lot of people who dont have schizophrenia are blaming it on that. It is a growing disease and it is really scary, and if people do have that, and they have it bad they shouldnt be allowed to be out alone because who knows what they might end up doing and they could hurt a lot of innocent people. if someone who doesnt have that diesease tries to say that they do have it then they should be punished worse for the crime that they commited

morals

In class we have been discussing a lot about being moral. We used the example about the gangsters chasing your friend and what you would tell them. If you had good morals then you would tell the gangsters the real way that your friend went because if you told them another way then that would not be being moral because that would be considered lying. However in a situation like that i think you would have to take the lesser of the 2 evils. Even though you wouldnt be telling the gangsters the truth, you would be saving a life so the better thing to do would be to lie to the gangsters, however according to kant that would be considered not being moral. I think that yoour morals depend on what your beliefs are and how you were raised. I think that i have good morals because i know whats right from whats wrong, but a person might find killing animals fun, and then think its the right thing to do so therefore they think that they have good morals, when in my mind i just think that they are really messed up in the head. Depending on where you were raised, who raised you and what you believe in i think that will decide whether you have good morals. But i dont agree with kant when he says that the only way you'll have good morals is if you dont lie.