Goodness and evil

In religion, ethics, and philosophy, goodness and evil, or simply good and evil, refers to the evaluation of all human desires and behaviors across a dualistic spectrum —wherein in one direction are those aspects which are wisely reverent of life and continuity (i.e., morally positive), and the other are in vain regard toward death and destruction (i.e., morally negative).

Many religious and philosophical views will tend to agree that "good and evil" are abstract concepts and not absolutes. However there is no clear consensus overwhether or not goodness is intrinsic to human nature, or whether or not it is based on the natural love, bonding, affection that begins at the earliest stages of personal development.