/lit/ - Literature

Sounds pretty straightforward.

>people can't be evil for no reason
>impliying the reason matters 90% of the cases

>evil exists
how do I break it to you anons...

>>18915058
Is it actually good or just a meme? How does it compare to Stapledon?

Lucifer evil because it's wrong to not be obedient to God, who was magnanimous enough to set up a system where all his creatures can only be fulfilled if they are obedient to him at all times.

>>18915555
Checked
So to be free is to be evil?

>>18915527
Most people are only memeing it because a recent summary video came out on YouTube. Based on that it seems like an interesting book but I guarantee none of the people posting these threads have read it.

>>18915519
fuck off monistranny

>>18915631
You're not exactly free if in your hypothetical freedom you posit an compulsive deference to rebellious lust. It seems like you just made a god out of rebellion instead, and purpose that as your worship.

>>18915527
Just read it, it's a pretty short experience and if you like worldbuilding folding out in front of you you're certainly going to enjoy it

>>18915058
The latest space men are implied to have becomd like the Qu: genetically manipulating "lower" races to create a supposedly harmonious order under their guidance.

>>18915527
It's clearly inspired by Stapleton, the only thing that sets it apart is the illustrations. It's very short so you might as well read it.

>>18915519
This guy gets it. Evil, good, bad, etc, only exists in relationship to you, your life, and humanity, it is essential for our survival and our development as a species to qualitatively distinguish what is "good" and "bad" but it is only dependent on our perception, evil does not exist on a cosmic plane. The true nature of reality is pure phenomena.

>>18917278
read kant faggot

>>18917278
Holy shit moral subjectivists are the most retarded people I've seen

>What's the point of living like this?

>>18915670
>tfw I liked it a long time ago before normalfags found it out