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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
In this, they were wrong. And their actions were rash, irresponsible and destructive. But are they "evil"? I hesitate to use that label. Their ideology is different from mine, but if I'm to believe in the political process at all--I must believe that their ideology is sincere, and that they believe their own intentions to be good.
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That's kinda irrelevant and a little dangerous though. When someone actually believes that what they are doing is good, right and just that doesn't neccessarily make it so. I always cringe when I hear speeches made where the phrase (or something close) "I truly believe what we're doing is good" as if that somehow justifies their actions. This is only an example and nothing more, but I'm sure Hitler thought what he was doing was good and just in WWII the same as Churchill did. All depends on your perspective of what 'good' is I guess... but if you're in power I think it best to really weigh all the options and study all the facts when forming that perspective. Easier said than done, I'm sure.
Can you tell school's started??? I haven't even been to class yet and i'm already philosophically talking about what 'good' is... yeesh. Anyways, I agree 100% with the first part of that sentence and the rest of your post though...