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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
The fact that a couple of heroes could resist the unresistable means very little.
Evil requires choice, otherwise you're calling attacking wild animals, the violent mentally ill, and tornadoes evil.
That good intentioned road leads somewhere unpleasant.
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Wild animals have just as much claim as humans to be making "choices" so no. I do think evil requires a comprehending mind. But let's face it, modern psychiatry defines every severely unacceptable behaviour pattern as being the product of some mental illness.
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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
Thoughts matter as much as action in the LoTR universe, I guess. It's just such an odd concept to me.
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Without the context given to actions by motive and intent, actions have no moral value.