What is evil? This is a tricky question. What you consider evil may be entirely different from my view on what is evil. I thought long and hard about this conundrum and came up with a suitable universal definition: any direct or indirect action which leads to the intentional harming, both emotionally and physically, of another consciousness. This means that while murder would be considered an evil act, manslaughter would not be as, in a fatal accident, no-one intends to cause harm. Although this does not absolve a careless driver etc from guilt, I doubt if anyone would argue that someone who has had a few too many could be considered evil, and so the definition holds firm.
Now that I have a definition of evil, I can move on too the root cause of evil: desire. All evil acts are committed because of a deep, primal desire for something. All rape cases, for instance, are committed due to a primal desire for revenge or simple lust. In historical terms, the Soviet atrocities were committed due to the overriding desire for a better world where everyone was equal-a utopia, if you will. Under the proper definition of evil, any act which can be considered wrong has, as its prime drive, desire to have, or maintain, something. As such, if humanity could learn to control its desires, evil would vanish like a morning mist.
What do you think?
Now that I have a definition of evil, I can move on too the root cause of evil: desire. All evil acts are committed because of a deep, primal desire for something. All rape cases, for instance, are committed due to a primal desire for revenge or simple lust. In historical terms, the Soviet atrocities were committed due to the overriding desire for a better world where everyone was equal-a utopia, if you will. Under the proper definition of evil, any act which can be considered wrong has, as its prime drive, desire to have, or maintain, something. As such, if humanity could learn to control its desires, evil would vanish like a morning mist.
What do you think?
