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> The short of it is: nothing is good or bad

Kicks off personal viewpoint with key element of Stoic thinking :)

It’s the key element of almost every philosophical school though?

Epicureanism, which is somewhat of the opposite of Stoicism, sees pain and unfulfilled desires as evils that need to be fought constantly. The removal of pain and fulfillment of desires, accordingly, is the "good."

Also, I'm pretty sure many Eastern philosophies have concepts of good and bad.

The four noble truths kind of touch on this (which if memory serves are all life is suffering, suffering comes from desire, and the cessation of desire causes the end of suffering, and the fourth one... Cessation of desire leads to nirvanna maybe?), as well as the the three poisons, sometimes called sins (greed, anger, and delusion which when overcome become wisdom, generosity, and compassion).

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