Quote:Generally, we can refine and expand on Boru's definition; evil is harm done by a competent agent in circumstances with relevant attributes absent the presence of mitigating facts.
That's fine (and a definite improvement on my definition) as far as moral evil, but it excludes natural evil.
Which, now that I think of it, may have been your point. I'll see myself out.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson