Shiloh Doesn't Care-Lauryn McNair Assignment #3

Everything is relative. What's cold to someone who lives in Sub-Saharan Africa could be perfectly warm to someone who lives in Kentucky. Spicy food in Europe may be bland in India. Nothing is simply black or white, one thing or another. Every person has a different perception of reality, thus making it hard to generalize anything for the entire human race. That being said, good or evil aren't absolute. Some may even go as far to say they don't exist. How could they, when what's good to one person can be evil for someone else?
Take for instance, the Kim Davis court case. I, personally, don't find anything wrong with two consensual adults being together and wanting their love and life to be recognized by the government. Davis on the other hand, must think it's terribly evil if she's willing to go to jail over it, when it has no direct impact on her life. What makes either one of us more right or wrong, good or evil, than each other based on our views (if we're ignoring the need to apply basic human rights). Even with that, 50, even 30 years ago, Kim Davis would have been have much thoroughly supported by society and the government in her decision. No less than 30 years ago, the society that would have mostly found the same-sex couple evil, now finds Kim Davis more or less evil. How can good and evil exist when our perception of it constantly changes?
The Holocaust and 9/11 terrorist attack also invalidate the idea of good and evil. While it would be comfortable to think that these indescribably tragic events are universally evil, the fact that they happened, proves that's not true. While the majority of people agree that the men and their cronies(?) are undeniably evil, we also ignore the fact that those men were also people and had their own ideas of what was good and evil. As painful and insensitive as it may sound, what makes their ideas of good and evil anymore or less valid than someone else's? In the case of the 9/11 attack, the hijackers believed in the purity and righteousness of their cause so much, they were willing to purposefully die for it. And too, when the United States government decided to attack Afghanistan because their government housed the terrorist group, an extreme amount of innocent Afghanistan people were murdered, yet little people found fault with that. Who makes the rules, better, who has the right to make the rules on what's evil or not.
Good and Evil may exist, but they're definitely not absolute. As Thomas Harris points out, murder, in itself is not evil, but because man made it evil. The things we find good and bad are because we decide if it's good or bad. Who has the right to say anything is good or evil? After all, Shiloh doesn't care.