Traversing the Inner Terrain

Main idea of this article is further discussed in Beyond the Good and Evil - Nietzsche

As I said in another blog here, I'm no Bible thumper, but there is a Bible story that is pretty significant with regard to this point. That story happens to be the very first one. Read the first three chapters of Genesis and take note of God's only rule, "Don't eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil," and when humans do, God's lament isn't so much about their disobedience as to the result: "They have become like us, knowing good and evil."

I believe the story is a parable that teaches basically what your article states: that we are to avoid the "good/evil" complex and be authentic, unashamed, unburdened by guilt, learning by taking note of the consequences of our choices.

Great feedback, guys! Thanks!

You might also want to check out "Either/Or: A Fragment of Life" by Soren Kierkegaard.

Andrea

In my opinion, thus article needs more sources as it is supported solely upon circumstantial explanations: the child who is not taught good and evil may think like this, the child that is taught good and evil may resort to a ever increasing state of "evil" behavior in order to match their own childlike identities of being labeled as evil, etc. Where are the studies that have been done to show these explanations? Even if we assume this author's explanation of the non-necessity of good/evil education in children, who is to say that individuals always revert to their child-like behaviors and states of mind when growing into adults, and how would adults who have dramatically departed from their behaviors in childhood be explained? Humans are much too complex to merely simplify, and this article assumes far too much about human nature itself while, ironically, complaining about the false necessity for a good versus evil dynamic in human nature. I am not at all convinced.

Perhaps I'll pick up that Nietzsche and see what he has to say.