Whats really gonna bake your noodle is; Can
all acts of evil have ultimate outcomes acting for the greater good and vice versa?
Evil exists, but not in the volume most believe. The majoraty of folk seen as being 'evil' are only doing what they see as an act of good. No one ever does something simply because it's evil, they do it because they see their actions as making the world a better place.
Let take some examples of evil and examine them and see how their evil actions can have ultimately good outcomes from their perspectives.
The Joker: This is a portrait of madness and evil on a grand scale. The Batman villain The Joker lives to torment others and bring chaos wherever he goes, stealing and murdering how he pleases. Certainly it's easy to see this as evil, but his actions have a purpose other than destruction
at times. He seems to want to make the world into a shifting paradigm of chaos where no one has secrets from one another. In his mind, if everybody were as open and honest with each other and themselves as he is, the world would be better and he seems to strive for this. Albeit in the most destructive manner possible because you must tear down the old to make way for the new.
Now lets look at real evil.
Adolf Hitler: Need I say anything about what this man has done? We all know his crimes and atrocities well and have worked to make sure the world never sees someone like him again, I'm not going to try and defend his actions so don't think I'm a sympathiser okay? He wanted to rule the world in his own dictatorship where he had all the power and was in control, but under this control he saw the world as being united and at peace. Order would be maintained and the human race would move forward with only the strongest, brightest and best of us all creating the next generation and letting nothing stand in the way of progrees, not morals, not conscience, not anything.
Now these are both very powerful figures of unquestionable evil and if we examine hard enough we can see that in their own ways, their own views, they were only trying to improve the world.
Yes good and evil cannot exist without each other, but one must also ask themselves: are they are on the right side?
In America, our forefathers are heroes, patriots, men whose examples of leadership and independace are to be admired and followed, but in England they are seen as terrorists and traitors to the crown, men of evil who shun the rule of King Henry for their own selfish desires.
The true difference between good and evil ultimately rests with you and your own point of view.
EDIT: Just realised I mispelled "England"