Comments on: Defending Evil http://melissablogs.com/2008/12/13/defending-evil/ Information Pollination Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy http://melissablogs.com/2008/12/13/defending-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-12088 Jeremy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:42:51 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=11887#comment-12088 I agree with the first poster. While it's true that there is certain post-modern thread on the left that takes its social constructivist and relativist theories too far, but to say that everyone on the left condones evil, is simply silly. The attempt to 'understand' why people commit crimes shouldn't be confused with approving of those crimes. It's just that some feel that understanding (both at the social and individual level) evil behavior might help us to curb that behavior in the future. You folks on the right have no compunction in blaming Islamic society for the evils committed by individual Muslims, so why the reluctance to take the same position vis-a-vis your own society? I agree with the first poster. While it’s true that there is certain post-modern thread on the left that takes its social constructivist and relativist theories too far, but to say that everyone on the left condones evil, is simply silly.

The attempt to ‘understand’ why people commit crimes shouldn’t be confused with approving of those crimes. It’s just that some feel that understanding (both at the social and individual level) evil behavior might help us to curb that behavior in the future.

You folks on the right have no compunction in blaming Islamic society for the evils committed by individual Muslims, so why the reluctance to take the same position vis-a-vis your own society?

]]> By: Matt K. http://melissablogs.com/2008/12/13/defending-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-12018 Matt K. Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:25:52 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=11887#comment-12018 People should be held accountable for their actions. We should try to understand why people commit crime and work toward a more equitable society that produces less crime. Are these ideas mutually exclusive? I don't think so, and I think most on the left would agree. Seems to be a straw man argument. People should be held accountable for their actions. We should try to understand why people commit crime and work toward a more equitable society that produces less crime.

Are these ideas mutually exclusive? I don’t think so, and I think most on the left would agree. Seems to be a straw man argument.

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