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Jul 25

What Do We Mean By "Evil"?

newyorker:

What does it mean, in the twenty-first century, to call a person like James Holmes “evil”? In centuries past, “evil” was used to describe all manner of ills, from natural disasters to the impulse to do wrong. Today it’s used mostly to emphasize the gravity of a crime, trading on the term’s aura of religious finality. The meaning of “evil” has become increasingly unsettled even as it has narrowed, yet the word has proven to be an unshakable unit in our moral lexicon. Why does “evil” persist?

What Do We Mean By “Evil”?: http://nyr.kr/QjHNeK

An interesting discussion.

Posted at 5:27pm
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