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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.
Evil is important for us to look at, in my opinion, only insofar as it makes us look at our own actions and make us wonder, 'Am I participating in some kind of human evil that I really should stop doing?'
There are people in our world today and unfortunately in our political system, they do not believe in evil. They have the modern, western, secular mind set. They don't believe evil exists. They are exactly the ones who are in danger of getting blindsided by evil. Because they're not prepared for it.
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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.
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.