@Grinning_Bobcat Are bad people really bad?
Yes, that's why they're called "bad."
@Grinning_Bobcat Or have twisted views of good that lock horns with other views of good?
You mean like the example I used? Native Americans: wanted to live on their lands and fought to protect what was theirs. A justified reason and a good one at that. It already was their land and they just wanted to not have it take from them. Colonists: wanted the land. Took it. But it's okay because they are a growing group of people and shouldn't be cramped into small areas and there's so much land it must be okay right?
It's not two good views against each other. It's a rational view of protecting was is yours and an oppressive view of wanting what isn't yours.
Another example: Hitler. He fought for one thing, and the good parts of the world fought for another reason. Are you saying both of that war's sides had good views and reasons for what they did? Or at least twisted views of what he thought were good?
I see what you mean by it, a little bit. Some people have distorted views. When it comes to wars, morality is tricky and we try to do the closest thing to the right actions that we can. We sit in a lot of grey areas when it comes to this, and sometimes there are people who had good intentions, but not good results. But then there are some people who just want to watch the world burn. We as humans are NOT inherently good. We are born and raised in a corrupt world and as hard as we all try to be the best version of humanity, we always fall short. Despite this, a lot of people still keep trying to be a light in dark places. But those dark places have a lot of bad people in them too. People that don't care at all about others, people that are not able to feel for others, and people that enjoy seeing pain and suffering. Twisted views? Yes. Twisted views that came out of good intentions? Not always. There are more than enough examples of evil people that couldn't care less about good moral reasons for doing something. They just want to rule the world and will do anything, even kill off millions of people, to get that power.
@Grinning_Bobcat Are bad people really bad?
I will say it again. Yes, they are.