What is evil?
I agree with most if not all of what you wrote. I also don't believe in good or evil as useful concepts.
Let's take a fellow who's had a rotten upbringing, riddled himself mad with psychedelic drugs, and is now a crazed serial killer lurking in the shadows. He inflicts harm for his own pleasure. However, he views life in a very feral, LaVeyan sort of way, that human beings are all, at their core, feral, competitive animals, and by indulging in vicious acts, he lives out his existence in the highest and best way a human being can, and thereby, considers it "good."
What's the verdict?
I'm curious to hear what you think makes an evil person.
-hmk
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