Charles Hampden-Turner - It is in vain that we search for an essential difference between good and e

It is in vain that we search for an essential difference between good and evil, for their constituents are the same. The crucial distinction lies in their structure, i.e., the manner in which the pieces are assembled. Evil is disintegration, an angry juxtaposition of alienated opposites, with parts always striving to repress other parts. Good is the synthesis and reconciliation of these same pieces.

- Charles Hampden-Turner

source: Charles Hampden-Turner (1982). “Maps of the Mind”, Macmillan Publishing Company

topic: Lying, Opposites, Differences, Disintegration