Rebel Demon King

Chapter 591 Lin Zhinuo's Good and Evil

(When I got home just now, I deleted a lot of discussion, and there will be another update later)
Cheng Mo didn't wait for Jing Xing to answer, and said directly: "I made up this name, it's not my real name, and the reason why I want to call it Zhinuo is because I am a disciple of the Stoic school, and the founder of the Stoic school It was the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno who was the Dogue."

It is Cheng Mo's unique habit to start answering other people's questions with a question, which helps the other party start thinking and then follow his logic.

Sure enough, Jing Xing was attracted by Cheng Mo's question. He turned his head to look at Cheng Mo's eyes. Those eyes, like works of art, were inlaid under the shining silver foil, even though the silver foil covered Lin Zhinuo's eyes. Most of the face, but it did not detract from Lin Zhinuo's handsomeness, and even added a sense of mystery to him.

Lin Zhinuo's unmistakable beauty distracted Jing Xing for a moment, and after a while, he remembered to figure out what was in those eyes.

Jing Xing concentrated, and found that there was no fear or guilt in those eyes, only calmness.

Knowing that Cheng Mo is good at speaking, Jing Xing will definitely lead to the following, so he said: "Personally, I don't have a deep understanding of philosophy, but Master Lin said that he is a disciple of the Stoic school, so I am very interested to know more about it." .”

Cheng Mo turned his head and looked at the prison the size of a pigeon cage beside him. The Black Death was more humane than he imagined. There were bunk beds, a sink, and a toilet with a lid. Water stains, appear relatively dry.If it wasn't for the large number of eight people, the strong body odor of the black people, and the loud shouts of panic, this place would be considered a prison with a poor environment.

Cheng Mo stopped in front of the prison, turned around and looked inside, there were four yellow-skinned Southeast Asians and four black people.At the moment, sitting on the outermost bed was a black child with curly hair. He looked a bit like a radish head, with a malnourished appearance, thin hands and feet, and a plastic bottle of mineral water in his white palm. A cockroach. The black child was looking at Cheng Mo and Jing Xing standing outside the prison with wide eyes. There was not much fear in the black eyes as big as glass beads, but a little curiosity.

On the other side of the black child, there is a very slender black woman curled up on the bed. She looks about 20 years old, wearing a sweat-stained cartoon vest and vest. The outline of her body is clearly visible. She looks at Cheng Mo and Jing Xing with a blank expression. , Red and swollen eyes full of anxiety.

Cheng Mo turned his head and glanced at Jing Xing who was parked beside him, then pointed to the black child and said, "Why doesn't he feel scared?" Then Cheng Mo pointed to the black woman on another bed and said, "Why? Does she feel scared again?"

Jing Xing shrugged his shoulders, "Because he is still young, he doesn't know what he will face. And that older black girl knows that her fate will be bad, so she will be afraid."

Cheng Mo was silent for a while, and then said: "So people's fear comes from their own thinking. The same thing, we think in different ways, and the results are different for us. This is the Stoic school's view of suffering. What makes them hurt is not the fact of being 'trafficked' itself, nor the person who sold them, but the way the person who was sold thinks about everything he has experienced. Just like Mandela has always He thinks that going to jail is something he is proud of, otherwise he would not have invited three guards who had abused him when he became president. Mandela is also a disciple of the Stoics. He has to go through the grind, then they won't feel pain and fear."

"Besides, everything in the world does not appear to meet our expectations. Everyone's destiny will work as it should. When birth, old age, sickness and death, luck and disaster should happen, it will happen at that time. What each of us wants The freedom to enjoy comes from the limits of our own power, such as money, rights, and body. And the natural limits set by God, such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and accidents. Only by understanding these and letting nature take its course can we gain a certain degree of freedom of'."

Jing Xing put his hands behind his back, looked at the terrified eyes of several women in the prison, and said: "This is just to teach them to obey the destiny and be more open. It has nothing to do with how you view human trafficking or what we do. what!"

Cheng Mo shook his head and said, "It's easy for ordinary people to contrast good and evil, but Stoics don't think so. We Stoics look at problems from the perspective of the whole, not the parts. Evil is actually It is not the opposite of goodness, but a part of goodness, as it says in Meditations, no matter how glamorous a person is, there will always be dirt on them, no matter how powerful the power of goodness is, this world cannot eliminate evil.”

"Then what exactly is 'evil'?" After a pause, Cheng Mo asked Jing Xing a mysterious question.

Jing Xing thought for a while and replied: "According to universal values, evil is to do things that violate human morality."

Cheng Mo didn't smile, but there was a sneering expression on his face covered with silver foil, "The so-called morality is just the truth in disguise, it exists to maintain the stability and peace of society. They are two different things. People who do bad things are not necessarily evil people, and people who do good things are not necessarily good people. I believe you can understand this if you think about it carefully."

"In the eyes of the Stoics, a partial evil placed under the whole is not evil. How to explain this? Lions preying on antelopes are naturally evil for antelopes, but for the natural world that needs to maintain balance , but it is good. Just like debt default is evil, but the existence of debt default guarantees the ecology of the debt market and the efficiency of capital use; violence against people is evil, but violence against others is to maintain human society The necessary means for normal operation; human beings slaughter each other, and this kind of slaughter is called war. War is evil, but this kind of evil promotes the progress of the entire human world from a macro perspective, Hercules said Over: War is the greatest charity, and only struggle can promote change. If there is no war, no massacre, no these 'evil', then human beings would have perished long ago."

Although what Cheng Mo said was vague, it was indeed a principle that cannot be refuted. As a villain, Jing Xing wanted to argue with Lin Zhinuo, but after thinking carefully about Lin Zhinuo's words, he felt that they were impeccable. His own evil started to refute Lin Zhinuo, and he heard a statement that left him speechless.

"Take your clones as an example, you are evil to clones, but from the standpoint of us humans, you are good; there are also meaningless evils, such as those psychopaths, but from a dialectical point of view, You sell 'goods' to them, let them vent, and prevent other people from being victimized, so this matter is evil for the current victim, but good for the potential victim. From a more snobbish point of view, you can buy People who buy these commodities will definitely be able to create greater social value, and it is more meaningful to let them live than to let these commodities live, just like we humans let those cherished animals live, but keep slaughtering other deeds. Food like animals!"

"So you asked me what I think about the population trade? I can only tell you that I don't have any special views. The population trade has started since the birth of human beings. This kind of trade will not end here. I can The foreseeable future will not end, but I guess that when human cloning becomes popular, population trading will become the "evil" of human cloning, and the "evil" of human population trading will end in your hands, so Are you doing bad things or good things? I can't tell."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Mo turned around and walked forward, but Jing Xing stopped in place for a long time. At this moment, he felt that he was completely convinced by Lin Zhinuo, and he felt a sense of peace in his heart. Although Jing Xing I have long been used to doing these sinful things, but when I dreamed back at midnight, I was often woken up by myself.

After hearing Cheng Mo's words, Jing Xing felt that he could sleep well tonight, but he was vaguely unconvinced, he turned around and quickly caught up with Cheng Mo, and asked in a low voice: "According to what you said, the evil is just the short-sightedness of us mortals. The illusion that we should submit to the cruelty and injustice imposed on ourselves, indeed, this is a very high state, so do you also want to stand aside the cruelty and injustice imposed on others?"

Cheng Mo glanced at Jing Xing, and said indifferently: "Of course you can't stand on the sidelines."

Jing Xing narrowed his eyes and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

(End of this chapter)