Evil requires taking an action that hurts people, knowing beforehand that the action will hurt people, and taking the action *in order to* hurt people
Interestingly enough, that sounds an awful like the definition of mortal sin I recall from grammar school: something that is bad, that you know is bad, and that you've actually done (as opposed to thought about doing or intended to do, but never actually did). Not identical, but an awful lot like it.
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Date: 2004-09-01 01:21 pm (UTC)Interestingly enough, that sounds an awful like the definition of mortal sin I recall from grammar school: something that is bad, that you know is bad, and that you've actually done (as opposed to thought about doing or intended to do, but never actually did). Not identical, but an awful lot like it.