Questions

Here are some questions worth discussing.

Please discuss them by annotating each of the questions.

• What character traits do “good” people have.
• What character traits do “evil” people have.
• Is everyone either “good” or “evil” or are some people neither good nor evil but merely “nice.”
• Can something other than a person be “good” or “evil.”
• For example: Can a lion or a gazelle be “good” or “evil.”
• How about an hammer or a nuclear warhead?
• Can a corporation be “good” or “evil” even if it sits dormant?
• What if all the people on the planet die off, decide to stop reproducing or leave the planet, is it even possible to leave behind things that are “good” or “evil.”
• What is meant by the phrase “banality of evil.”
• Is Google “good,” “evil,” “banal,” or something else.

Annotate these three words with other questions you think should be discussed.

What news stories are relevant to the question of whether Google is evil. Annotate these three words with stories, and then annotate the stories themselves with a discussion of whether it indicated Google is Evil.