Subj : Knowledge of Good & Evil
To   : RICHARD M. MEIC
From : LEE LOFASO
Date : Sun Jul 22 2001 11:54 am

Hello Richard,

>LL>Without a point of reference, there can be no "good" or "evil".
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>KG>Yes, yes, I understand.
>>
>LL>In other words, in order to do "good" one must have knowledge of
  >both "good" and "evil", otherwise whatever one does cannot be known
  >by him or her as being either "good" or "evil".
>>
>KG>Yes, but... what do you mean by "have knowledge?"

RMM>I have a chance to introduce a thought I had in a phil group a while ago
RMM>that got off on a bad tangent!

What makes you so sure it was a *bad* tangent?  <g>

RMM>No one can have knowledge of good and evil because they are purely human
RMM>ideas and don't exist as independant of human thought..  No animal has
RMM>these concepts.  They have bennificial and detrimental but not good or
RMM>evil.

Before I bring in Pavlov's dog, let me say that you have brought up
an excellent point.  Can you extrapolate more on that thought?  Could
it be that before the fall, Adam and Eve had no concept (knowledge)
of good and evil prior to eating of the forbidden fruit?  If so,
that would seem to indicate that the knowledge of good and evil was
external before they ate the golden fruit, and internal after they
ate the fruit.

What would be the possible consequences had Adam and Eve never eaten
of the forbidden fruit?  Would they still be innocent no matter what
action they chose to do?

--Lee


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