Comparison

Evil is intentionally acting or causing others to act - in ways that degrade, dehumanize, harm, destroy, or kill guiltless people. This behaviorally-focused definition makes an agent of agency accountable for determined, motivated actions that have a range of negative consequences to other people. It eliminates unintentional or unintended damaging outcomes, as well as the broader, generic forms of institutional evil, such as poverty, prejudice or destruction of the environment by agents of corporate greed. But it does comprise corporate blame for marketing and selling products with recognized disease-causing, death-dealing properties, such as cigarette manufacturers, or other drug dealers. It furthermore ...