chimpanzees are cruel but have no concept of evil?
But… how do you know that chimpanzees have no concept of evil?
Evil is not a semantic primitive that all human languages have. It’s a quite abstract concept.
“Bad” is, though.
That word doesn’t mean the same thing as evil. Bad is much less abstract.
Yeah “bad” is like “don’t climb the ladder or we get the hose”.
But… how do you know that chimpanzees have no concept of evil?
Evil is not a semantic primitive that all human languages have. It’s a quite abstract concept.
“Bad” is, though.
That word doesn’t mean the same thing as evil. Bad is much less abstract.
Yeah “bad” is like “don’t climb the ladder or we get the hose”.