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1. plato.stanford.edu › entries › concept-evilThe Concept of Evil - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Nov 26, 2013 · According to the Neoplatonists, evil does not exist as a substance or property but instead as a privation of substance, form, and goodness (Plotinus, Enneads, I, 8; See also O’Brien 1996). For instance, the evil of disease consists in a privation of health, and the evil of sin consist in a privation of virtue.

2. theconversation.com › does-evil-exist-and-if-soDoes evil exist and, if so, are some people just plain evil?

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   May 22, 2014 · But what exactly do we assume when we judge that sadistic torture is evil, or that Ted Bundy is evil? Many contemporary philosophers agree that if an action is evil it must be morally...

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EvilEvil - Wikipedia

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   Evil, by one definition, is being bad and acting out morally incorrect behavior; or it is the condition of causing unnecessary pain and suffering, thus containing a net negative on the world. [1] Evil is commonly seen as the opposite, or sometimes absence, of good.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Problem_of_evilProblem of evil - Wikipedia

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   From an atheistic viewpoint, the problem of evil is solved in accordance with the principle of Occam's razor: the existence of evil and suffering is reconciled with the assumption that an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God exists by assuming that no God exists.

6. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogWhat Actually Is Evil? And What Makes People Carry Out Evil ...

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   Jun 10, 2021 · The myth of “Pure Evil,” and the real reasons why people do “evil” things.

7. www.psychologytoday.com › 201709 › why-is-there-evilWhy Is There Evil? - Psychology Today

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   Sep 21, 2017 · Here, evil just means being severely immoral, acting strongly contrary to the needs of people. Consider an intense form of evil, pedophilia, in which adults take sexual pleasure in children.

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   Does evil exist?

   • But there is evil in the world. Thus, there is reason to believe that an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good creator does not exist. In contrast to the broad concept of evil, the narrow concept of evil picks out only the most morally despicable sorts of actions, characters, events, etc.

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   Are evil people real?

   • If everyone can be redeemed and made good, then no-one is evil. I think it’s overly optimistic to think that we could have fixed Hitler, or Ted Bundy, or Dennis Rader, so I conclude that evil persons, as well as evil actions, are real.

   Does evil exist and, if so, are some people just plain evil?

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   Is evil a problem?

   • If so, evil is once again a problem. By contrast, if God is conceived of in a purely metaphysical way, and if no connection can be forged between the relevant metaphysical properties and the possession of significant power, knowledge, and goodness, then the problem of evil is irrelevant.

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   Does the 'evil exists' imply the existence of God?

   • One response – called the defensive response – has been to point out that the assertion "evil exists" implies an ethical standard against which moral value is determined, and then to argue that the fact that such a universal standard exists at all implies the existence of God.

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   Do religions have a problem with evil?

   • Religions have long worried about the problem of evil, of how there could be so much bad in a world created by a supposedly benign God. The Christian doctrine of original sin supposes that people are inherently evil and need to be redeemed by the church.

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   Is evil a positive or negative thing?

   • Evil, according to Clement, does not exist as a positive, but exists as a negative or as a "lack of good". Clement's idea was criticised for its inability to explain suffering in the world, if evil did not exist. He was also pressed by Gnostics scholars with the question as to why God did not create creatures that "did not lack the good".

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9. plato.stanford.edu › entries › evilThe Problem of Evil - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Sep 16, 2002 · God does not exist. When the argument from evil is formulated in this way, it involves five premises, set out at steps (1), (3), (5), (7) and (9).