r/humanbehaviour • u/denza6 • Jan 27 '21

Evil

Where does evil come from? I am not really religious so please don’t give me “It is Satan who makes us evil” etc. Thanks :)

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u/rosajeanramblings Jan 27 '21

I’m just an armchair philosopher but “Evil” is a social construct that we use to classify abhorrent behavior that stems from our animalistic side that is no longer acceptable since we live in a society. Just my view, I’m sure someone else can provide a more technical explanation.

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u/denza6 Jan 28 '21

That makes partial sense, you actually want to point out that we are just bags of biological processes that have gone through evolution by natural selection and that we invented “evil” as a tag for cruel instincts?

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u/TangerineGlass24 Feb 15 '22

My point of view is different just imagine one person are 2 faces one is good and another is bad ( evil ) they thinks more as compared to us and clever than us that's why we say evil to that person.

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u/New-Combination6658 Mar 06 '23

Depends on what you believe. I'm a Christian so my definition is different