Good and evil

In <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a>, <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a>, and <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a>, "good and evil" is a common <a href="/facts/Dichotomy/mDufyfsP">dichotomy</a>. In religions with <a href="/facts/Manichaeism/fUWQUj6q">Manichaean</a> and <a href="/facts/Abrahamic/y9z2Wf9q">Abrahamic</a> influence, <a href="/facts/Evil/hentrls5">evil</a> is perceived as the <a href="/facts/Dualistic_cosmology/J26Lz2G1">dualistic</a> antagonistic opposite of <a href="/facts/Good/nc3NR8V8">good</a>, in which good should prevail and evil should be defeated. 
Evil is often used to denote profound <a href="/facts/Immorality/o2fMklhR">immorality</a>. Evil has also been described as a <a href="/facts/Supernatural/qSlTK0Ss">supernatural</a> force. Definitions of evil vary, as does the analysis of its motives. However, elements that are commonly associated with evil involve <a href="/facts/Balance_(metaphysics)/b1FFq2NK">unbalanced</a> behavior involving <a href="/facts/Expediency/4VjGnN7w">expediency</a>, <a href="/facts/Selfishness/1q4x2RC8">selfishness</a>, <a href="/facts/Ignorance/FYCAAA79">ignorance</a>, or <a href="/facts/Negligence/0GMNBaIr">negligence</a>.
The principal study of good and evil (or morality) is <a href="/facts/Ethics/wNVNgL5q">ethics</a>, of which there are three major branches: <a href="/facts/Normative_ethics/rLw6n8PV">normative ethics</a> concerning how we ought to behave, <a href="/facts/Applied_ethics/2hJ71mWo">applied ethics</a> concerning particular moral issues, and <a href="/facts/Metaethics/a8pTEKr2">metaethics</a> concerning the nature of morality itself.

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Good and evil