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Do you believe in "evil"?
Does is exist? Is it merely an old name for "mental illness", and so on?
What or who is evil? Anything, anyone?
Is evil simply the opposite of good, or does it represent something deeper and more complex? Can evil be understood at all or, in the case of people, do we have to disguise it in terms like "psychopath" etc.?
Personally, I don't know. I believe there are people who do bad things because, well, they just enjoy causing misery and suffering to others.
I think (I don't say I know) evil does exist in the sense that a small number of minds are driven toward destructive and sadistic behaviours. This may be the result of suffering at the hands of similarly depraved people during the formative years of life, but on the other hand, it may not.
Who is to say what defines "evil"? Is the term redundant in this modern, scientific world of psychology and analysis, or is there another, rather more - dare I say it - spiritual dimension?
Is evil culturally peculiar or is there a universal definition (I doubt it)? Similarly, is it not also historically and socially determined?
I'd like to hear what you lot have to say about it.
Does is exist? Is it merely an old name for "mental illness", and so on?
What or who is evil? Anything, anyone?
Is evil simply the opposite of good, or does it represent something deeper and more complex? Can evil be understood at all or, in the case of people, do we have to disguise it in terms like "psychopath" etc.?
Personally, I don't know. I believe there are people who do bad things because, well, they just enjoy causing misery and suffering to others.
I think (I don't say I know) evil does exist in the sense that a small number of minds are driven toward destructive and sadistic behaviours. This may be the result of suffering at the hands of similarly depraved people during the formative years of life, but on the other hand, it may not.
Who is to say what defines "evil"? Is the term redundant in this modern, scientific world of psychology and analysis, or is there another, rather more - dare I say it - spiritual dimension?
Is evil culturally peculiar or is there a universal definition (I doubt it)? Similarly, is it not also historically and socially determined?
I'd like to hear what you lot have to say about it.