Paradox example: Good and Bad are not universal, and are two sides of the same coin- cannot have one without the other, and yet, either can be either one.
There is no good without an example of bad, and vice versa. One cannot exist without the other, which creates a binary of sorts, or two sides of the same coin. One person's bad is another's good and vice versa. In this scenario, it is impossible to objectively and universally be "Good" because to be so, there is an inherent 'other' who must then take the role of "Bad", entering the two into a good/bad dance of symbolism of the coin of extremes... To break this paradox, then, one would have to "prove me wrong" in the words of Charlie Kirk- is there a universal positive that exists without it's universal negative? If so, then we can prove how good and bad are unique/exist by themselves (beyond a social construction), and if not, it would appear as though the 'good/bad' binary coin is a mere social construction... P.S. These are way more difficult to construct than destruct- so have fun tearing this one apart, it will help me in this 'first draft' if you will of how my mind thinks of what a true paradox is, and more importantly- what it is not.
Posted Sep 11, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC