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Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy w/ Dr Alex Plato

Pints With Aquinas

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Is There a Material Evil or Moral Evil?

Many evil things or things of disvalue seem to be more than just mere privations and seem to have a positive reality. So maybe we can make a distinction between materialEvil and moral Evil. The will somehow is not as it should be, right? That's the thing that's lacking in what it should be. And so that is a moral evil. But then you could think about this when we say when an animal experiences pain,. I mean, is that let's say they even suffer from the pain? Yes. Is that a positive evil? Some people would call it that, right? Because obviously this sensation, right, is like a physical reality in them, maybe electrochemical signals

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