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1/ Let's define civilization as as an aspirational state where there is no need to intentionally cause pain to others to get what you want
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2/ If "good" is defined as people generally on board with civilizing process (ie don't want to cause needless pain), what % of us are good?
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3/ In answering this q we tend to replace moral absolutes of good/evil with shades of grey, to acknowledge complexity of trying to be good
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4/ Ie we assume that most people *try* to be good in our sense, but complexity and moral ambiguities of world defeats them. Is this true?
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6/ What if people AREN'T mostly good in the sense of not wanting to cause pain? What if causing pain in central to lives of many?
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7/ I call this "shades of red" theory as opposed to shades of grey. To varying degrees a lot more people *want* to cause unnecessary pain
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10/ Shades of red theory asserts that majority - everybody to right of "apathetic" - gets off on others' unnecessary pain at least a little
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11/ Shades of red is based on a deontological notion of evil -- finding pleasure in causing/witnessing pain. Good is negatively defined.
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