Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away.
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.
Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value.
Evil is unintelligible. It is just a thing in itself, like boarding a crowded commuter train wearing only a giant boa constrictor. There is no context which would make it explicable.
Evil is a miscellaneous collection of nasty things that nasty people do.
Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive only, which is to destroy - to destroy your chance of arising above yourself.
What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.
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