V. THE STANDARDS OF VALUATION
Realization of an ideal state of life is possible if the following
standards are observed.
— 68 —SOKA GAKKAI AND THE NICHIREN SHO SECT
1. Beauty and ugliness: They are fools who, moved by
likes and dislikes, disregard gain and loss, not to speak of
good and evil.
2. Gain and loss: They are also fools who, blinded by
the desire for quick gain, neglect a greater gain.
3. Good and evil: A bad man is one who, tempted by
private profit, ignores the public good.
4. Good and evil: To do no good is to do evil. Doing no
evil is doing good. This is at the lowest level, but none
theless these are very good and very evil.
5. Major good and major evil: A moderate or small
good becomes a great good. A moderate or small evil,
when opposed to a major evil, becomes a major good.
6. Highest good and highest evil •• The degree of good
and evil depends on social position. The higher the social
position, the greater a person’s social influence. Thus, an
evil action by one in the hignest social position in the
long run will be regarded as the highest evil, even though
it is small. The reverse is true if the action is good.
7. Empty good and empty evil: Good and evil in disregard
of gain and loss are empty, and are impossible of attainment.
Disregardig one’s personal interest and serving the public
is empty good.
8. Truth and falsehood: Truth is the awareness of reality
as it is. Value means the relationship which man has
with something ; so truth is not a factor in happiness.
9. Right and wrong: The category of right and wrong
is different from that of good and evil. For bad men,
evil is regarded as right and good as wrong ； for a crooked
— 69 —SOKA GAKKAI AND THE NICHIREN SHO SECT
person, honesty is regarded as viciousness.
10. Half crazed-personality; They are crazy who cannot
understand such a simple reason as mentioned above; and they
are half-crazy who do not follow it, though they understand it.
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