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Philosophy V4(/∞)

Can people deserve to die? A complex question posed by several over the years, can a crime be so terrible and vulgar that it warrants death? Homicide, Murder, death. Can a person truly be downright bad? Downright evil?
Maybe even more pressing is the issue of good Vs. evil, is there truly a bad and good? A good or evil? Is there truly a difference beyond the labels we assign each other? Is evil more than a construct we create to discriminate against those we see unfit, those we dislike, those we hate.
If some are evil and some are good, who decides that distinction? If one side says the other is evil, yet the other says the same is true for them, who decides? Who truly justifies what is good and evil? Who decides who has taken an action so bad to be labeled a devil and murdered, and who is labeled a saint and showered with glory.
Should Luigi Mangione be put to the block for (allegedly) killing someone commonly known as evil, and seen as a downright devil by some? Should those seeking justice for “evil” actions be held liable, even when some might see it as morally right?
Is someone who kills an evil a greater evil? Does death truly discourage those who are already desperate enough to kill for what they see as the greater good? Is it wrong to seek justice, To take matters into thy own hands? Or should vigilantism be praised with honor and hope?
Such questions have plagued the human mind for centuries, yet to be definitively answered, though the questions posed are important to the continued existence of humanity and its constructs.
Is order, good and evil, a mere facade, a scaffold we used to try to justify our continued existence? Is there such a thing as “justice” and not just a supposed system to maintain control and order? Is social hierarchy and discrimination any better than anarchy?
The order of hierarchy is subjective. Is it really better to have a society where some are born into wealth, and live a long prosperous life, while others, to no fault of their own, are born poor and live a short terrible life? I think not, but at the same time is the idea of pure anarchy, death, destruction, yet equal opportunity any better?

Date of writing: 2025-5-27