Is the bad necessarily wiser than the good?

Question

Is the bad necessarily wiser than the good?

Answer 1

Basing good vs bad or vise versa on the quality of wisdom cancels out the actuality of bad and good and there of. Wisdom comes with knowledge, experience, philosophy, and characteristics found in humans like being humble, becoming vulnerable, willingness, responsibility, maturity, understanding, intelligence ( i don't necessarily mean book-smart or street smart, the intelligence within)... and much more. The simple fact is neither bad or good is wiser than the other. For without bad good is unknown and the other way around. Bad and good learn, adapt, and feed off each other. Inorder to define something as bad or good is based on your philosophy like morale, it is based on knowledge to not only know the difference but to know both equally inorder to decipher the black and white of found grey areas, it is based on experience as part of your frame of reference. It takes such characteristics of humbling yourself, making yourself vulnerable with the willingness to take on the responsibiliy laid out on in the hands played by good and bad  to maturally be understanding and open-minded using your intelliengence to get through the game. Simply, they are equal- the only difference falls into the eyes of the beholder.  

Answer 2

Evil has the advantage over good of not having to be consistent. You follow rules, evil does not. If evil were smarter or wiser we wouldn't be having this conversation because you wouldn't know what good was.

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Answer 3

Wisdom is the ability to see the whole truth. Not just the good view or the bad view.

Answer 4

who said it was? the wiser finds a way to legitimize what he does. good and bad are defined by their culture and since the wise define them they are perceived as the good. your answer is determined by geography.

Answer 5

No, of course not. How could bad be wise? And even if it were, how could it be wiser than good? It's not possible.

Answer 6

First of all, what is good and what is bad?

If this question is regarding heroes vs villains or law enforcement vs criminals, then my answer is this: Heroes and law enforcements are bounded by moral values and laws. Most of the time these limitations kill their wisdomand creativities. On the other hand, villains and criminals have learned to be creative to bend moral values and laws. So bad are more crafty and clever than good, but not more intelligent.

However, I still want to go back to my original question: what is good and what is bad? What you believe is good may be evil for others....

Answer 7

There is the capability of either to be very wise.  It might be difficult to judge which is more wise because they would be excelling in different realms.  Hitler was wise enough to coerce others into doing his dirty work in killing millions and stealing their wealth and other possessions.