“Good” and “evil” are considered very vague; however, religion and philosophy are very influential towards people’s beliefs on what is “good” and “evil.” The concepts of good and evil are different to everyone and there are numerous definitions for them.
Many people know what is considered good and evil based on moral values, religion and society. Although there are many different types of religions, the concepts of good and evil remain constant throughout many of them, however, it does vary upon how people look at certain aspects of these questions. When people look at religions the concepts are defined based on holy text such as the 10 commandments, although religions may have different names for these books, the message remains constant. The main difference between these holy texts’ are the wording, in most text good people go to heaven and bad people go to hell. Religion is used as a guideline in most places to differentiate between good and evil.
Philosophy is opinions with an extent of evidence to prove the points, and is quite effective in showing the differences between the concepts of good and evil. The basic messages and ideas from philosophies are universal and often relate to religion in certain ways. The theories of philosophy are used to deal with these questions as they still are looked upon in certain situations to differentiate between good and evil.
In the end major religions and philosophies deal with questions of good and evil in the same way.
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