Curious aardvark brings up an intresting thought, that the person may not be evil but the deeds are.
I believe that the two can not be seperated that you are to be held to account for everything you do both good and bad, that you reap what you sow.factory farming is evil, people choose to farm that way because it is most cost efficent in the short term and they do not consider the welfare of the animal; i know it is doubly evil in that the farmer knows that there are better methods that produce a better product and a much happier animal and he just dont care.that makes him evil by the decisions he makes and the actions he takes.
As to the rest of the world not careing i agree, most people are so caught up in just getting by or surviveing thier own idiocy or that of others they have very little room to think of animal cruelty or psychopathay at all.   
Reap what you sow.
I am re reading the wheel of time series, bloody good yarn

Algorias,the author suggests that it so much more than just a lack of empathy,there is also a lack of social and ethical morals, a sense of entitlement to that which they dont have, usally they can be very charming and are also great mimics.As i said i havent finished the book yet but that much i have got out of it. I am implicty stating that morality is merely a convention made up by society at the time of its exsistance and over time as this group changes so does its morality.
An example from my own country was when i was going to school, the use of the cane and strap was acceptable to use on children as punishment,now however society has decreed that that is unacceptable and so it has changed. Another example of fluid morality is the allowance of the same sex to marry, however in the eighties beig gay was a crime punishable with prison! and for the record i have no problem with people being gay, its just a good example. There is nothing abstract about doing good it is as real as breathing and endures and does indeed have a basis in spirituality.
The world around us constantly bears this truth out, doing good will never be out fashion,and it obeys a different set of laws other than mans. but men may still persecute you for it, evil suceeds when good men do nothing.
I alo read Bernard Cornwall, Good adventure writer.

There is evil in all of us, all it needs is the right circumstances to rear its ugly head.

Unfortunately, the line between good and evil is wide, blurry and hard to see depending on your viewpoint.

Occasionally, evil must be identified, hunted down and eliminated. Our herd is large and needs culling from time to time.

The problem will always be, who decides what is evil?

(I'm a big fan of Randi as well)

Evil is a fluid cultural phenomenon.

There are some common threads like violence against children, but even murder can be easily justified when painted with the brush of patriotism, nationalism etc. to the extent that genocide can be accepted by people who don't consider themselves evil.

Torture can be considered evil, but even religious institutions have used in in pursuit of the greater good.

In the struggle between good and evil, righteousness is usually the catalyst.

Mark-Harrop wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 3:23am:


I would agree. Self proclaimed righteousness is always the catalyst. IMHO false confidence masking a lack of self-worth the driver, and personal empowerment through the oppression of others the goal.

Social morality changes depending upon the predominant view of that society, yet within us all we instinctively know when we are doing right or wrong. We often try to justify our actions as we struggle to accept what we know to be true, but that doesn't make some action less evil.

Religion takes spiritual truths and seeks to formalise and  control them. In doing so it becomes the agent of evil. This is why the bible "says don't worship false idols".

Heaven and Hell are not otherworld realms. They are here on earth within each of our heart's. Live true to your morality, fight your personal fight against the temptation to slip into evil ways, and the world will feel like heaven. You will find the inner peace and tranquility that is robbed from us in our everyday lives.

Surrender to evil, hurt another at work simply to gain advancement, become the ferocious dog in a dog eat dog world, and the world will appear like hell to you. A constant battle against an unlimited foe. Always alone. Even in love.

The constant battle between Good and Evil is not fought with armies on the battlefields of the world. It is fought by each of us. Every minute of everyday. In our own hearts.

Or that the people are inferior and the world will be better off without them. 

Or that these people need to die to advance the pursuit of knowledge and science.

Keep in mind that for thousands of years, it was thought right and proper to kill your enemies after they surrendered and to sell their women and children as slaves.

Bill Skinner wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 12:25pm:


Kinda what I was on about. As soon as someones spirituality gets gift wrapped by ceremony or organised religion; or someones political aims become driven by power over the masses, not empowering the masses; or someones definition of success ceases to be learning and becomes satisfying material yearnings; evil thrives.

Ajax wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 6:35pm:


The only life that evil has is cultural fashion. The sheep always follow the shepherd. The wolf always lives free.

The name of the book is political ponerology by Andrew m Lobaczewski.Published by red pill press.
Anyone who reads it will not be wasting their time.
The communists vatican and d Zbigniew Brzezinski stopped its puplication.
In my humble opinion it should be required reading in schools and law enforcement.
NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED OR EASILY SCARED