Schadenfreude

[genkaus]

Is schadenfreude itself immoral, or do we have to cause the misfortune or revel in undeserved misfortune of others for it to be immoral?

Oh, and immoral or not, do you admit to schadenfreude?

I do admit to schadenfreude - with the caveat that the concept should not be regarded divorced from context. For exmaple, the only times I recall feeling joy at the misery of others is when I held certain dislike for the person or if the misery was self-caused.

Which brings me to the conclusion that it'd be incorrect to judge it as moral or immoral absent any context. Without any such context, I'd regard it as amoral.