Good, Evil, and Objective Morality

Much is made of the distinction between Good and Evil - It is often held to be the ultimate dualistic pairing, often seen as a kind of objective universal force. All the galaxies know, apparently, the difference between (or the existence of) Good and Evil - as if it were some kind of cosmological constant, like the speed of light or absolute zero...

Society, it seems, is pretty sure about what is good and what is bad, and it never stops telling us which is which. And quite often individuals disagree, disregard and disobey (and just plain dis) the pre-judgments society has made as to what is acceptable or unacceptable, wrong or right, Good or Evil.
This is perfectly natural and "right" ("right" or "good" in the true sense being defined as whatever happens to be beneficial to the way you choose to live your life. At the time.) and certainly not some kind of societal flaw that needs to be fixed. A society that has no differing opinions on morality sounds, to the naive, like some kind of utopia*, but really the result is the opposite. A culture or society where there is no dissent as to the absolute morality can quickly descend into monstrous extremes, 1930's Germany being just one example of a situation where the opinion of the majority is later held to be horribly, horribly wrong.
Humans should not look to others too closely when it comes to setting their own moral limits - The individual is and should be the final arbiter of what is right or wrong. Follow blindly the ethics of others and you will soon find that you are at odds with yourself, that you are conflicting with your true nature.
Deep within ourselves, we know innately what feels right and what feels wrong, and we should not let any amount of preaching and proselytizing make us doubt our own ideas as to what is good and evil, because truly there is no such thing as a universal standard of good and evil. These are just words that we find it convenient to label things with, and they have no intrinsic value.
Good, Evil, and Objective Morality - None of these things truly exist except as concepts within our own minds, and we will conclude by venturing our own opinion that this is A Good Thing.


*For those of you who have not read it, Utopia by Thomas More is a book that describes a (fictional) journey to a distant land with a perfect social, legal, and political system. The name is derived from two Greek words - "ou" meaning not, and "topos" meaning place, the cumulative meaning being "No-place", thus implying that such an ideal society does not and can never exist.